sarmon

English

Etymology

From Middle English sarmoun, late form of sermoun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑː(ɹ)mən/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)mən

Noun

sarmon (plural sarmons)

1. (dialectal) Alternative form of sermon
   • 1838, Mrs. S. C. Hall, Lights and Shadows of Irish Life‎^[1], volume 2, page 73:

     "I'm sure it is," she replied; "for at the very top it begins with 'Father Mulvaney's Sarmon.' " "A priest's sarmon put on the paper," repeated the good man, rubbing his hands gleesomely, and drawing his "creepie" closer to the fire; "let's have it, Grace.

   • 1849, Robert Athow West, Sketches of Wesleyan Preachers‎^[2], page 137:

     The passage announced, his large features glowing with the warmth of love, he commenced thus: “ Noo, friends, I'm not bown [going] to preach ye a sarmon: you mun [must] take it warm off't backst'n. I never but yance [once] made a sarmon i' my life, an' then I cam into the chapel as prood as the divel could mak me.

   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick: Or the Whale‎^[3], page 44:

     “Wall,” said the landlord, fetching a long breath, “that's a purty long sarmon for a chap that rips a little now and then".

Anagrams

• Armons, Manors, Marons, Marson, Ransom, Romans, Rosman, manors, morans, mornas, normas, ramson, ransom

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin sermo.

Noun

sarmon m (plural sarmons)

1. sermon

Synonyms

• prône