calm
adjEtymology
From Middle English calm, calme, from Middle French calme, probably from Old Italian calma, of uncertain origin. Calma may derive from Late Latin cauma (“heat of the midday sun”), from Ancient Greek καῦμα (kaûma, “heat, especially of the sun”), from καίω (kaíō, “to burn”), or possibly from Latin caleō. Compare also Lombardic *chalm, *chalma (“frozenness”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kalmaz (“frozenness, cold”). Displaced native Middle English smilte (“quiet, still, gentle”) from Old English smylte (“quiet, tranquil, calm, serene”).
Definitions
Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.
Free of noise and disturbance.
- Calm is the morn without a sound, Calm as to suit a calmer grief, And only thro’ the faded leaf The chestnut pattering to the ground: […]
with few or no waves on the surface
with few or no waves on the surface; not rippled.
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Without wind or storm.
Good
Good; alright; cool; OK.
- Hi, welcome to Puma. If you need any help, my name's Kelly. That's calm, man[…]Thirty pounds is the limit, I think you'll pay no more, I'm sorry. Aight, fuck it! What, can I do chip and pin. Calm, I'ma put my pin in like boom!
- Been living my life as a Kingpin. I'm calm with the heat of the kitchen.
- Flexed up like they really move pally (Pally). I don't want ish just at me (At me). I just want money, that's calm (Calm). Teenager, never worry 'bout acne (Finch Fetti, Finch Fetti)
The state of being calm
The state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion.
- Calm on the seas, and silver sleep, And waves that sway themselves in rest, And dead calm in that noble breast Which heaves but with the heaving deep.
The absence of wind
The absence of wind; a period of time without wind.
- The wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
- It was a calm ; so, forming a tandem of three boats, we commenced the slow business of towing the trophy to the Pequod.
To make calm.
- to calm a crying baby
- to calm the passions
- to calm the tempest raised by Aeolus
To become calm.
Initialism of café au lait macule.
The neighborhood
- synonymcalm
- synonymcollected
- synonymcomposed
- synonymcool-headed
- synonymequable
- synonymequanimous
- synonymequanimitable
- synonymeven-keeled
- synonymeven-minded
- synonymeven-tempered
- synonymimperturbable
- synonymlaid-back
- antonymangry
- antonymnervous
- antonympeevish
- antonymagitate
- antonymexcite
- neighborcalmness
- neighborpacify
- neighbortemperate
- neighborinactive
- neighborcarefree
Derived
becalm, calm and collected, calm as a cucumber, calm as a millpond, calm blue ocean, calmen, calmish, calmly, calmness, calmth, calm wind, cool, calm and collected, encalm, uncalm, uncalmable, ice-calm, calm before the storm, calmful, calmy, clock calm, dead calm, calm down, calm your tits, calm your titties
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at calm. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at calm. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at calm
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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