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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-374/
- Published: 2021-02-03T17:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-02-01T00:31:02.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:14

The word for today is..

ream (noun, verb)

  
noun (n.) measure of paper

ream (v.) to enlarge a hole

Source : [Online Etymology Dictionary](https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=ream&ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology :

Noun – mid-14c., from Old French reyme, from Spanish resma, from Arabic rizmah “bundle” (of paper), from rasama “collect into a bundle.” The Moors brought manufacture of cotton paper to Spain.

Early variant rym (late 15c.) suggests a Dutch influence (compare Dutch riem), probably borrowed from Spanish during the time of Hapsburg control of Holland. For ordinary writing paper, 20 quires of 24 sheets each, or 480 sheets; often 500 or more to allow for waste; slightly different numbers for drawing or printing paper.

  
Verb – 1815, probably a southwest England dialectal survival from Middle English reme “to make room, open up,” from Old English ryman “widen, extend, enlarge,” from Proto-Germanic \*rumijan (source also of Old Saxon rumian, Old Norse ryma, Old Frisian rema, Old High German rumen “to make room, widen”), from \*rumaz “spacious” (see room (n.)). Slang meaning “to cheat, swindle” first recorded 1914; anal intercourse sense is from 1942\. To ream (someone) out “scold, reprimand” is recorded from 1950.

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