clum

Meanings

Noun

• Silence.

Interjection

• Silence; hush

Adjective

• Silent; glum.

Origin

• From Middle English clum, clom, perhaps for *clomen, past participle of *cleomen; compare Middle English acleomen ("to be stiff"), related to Middle English clumsen, clomsen, Dutch kleumen ("to be stiff from cold"); or perhaps representing Old English clom, clam, clamm. Compare also Old English clumian ("to mutter"). More at clam.