dram

Meanings

Noun

• A small unit of weight, variously:
• Any similarly minute quantity, a small amount of strong alcohol or poison.
• A cart formerly used to haul coal in coal mines.
• Synonym of drachma: a Greek silver coin weighing one drachma; other similar coins.
• The currency of Armenia, divided into 100 luma.

Verb

• To drink drams.
• To ply with drams of drink.

Related

Similar words

• mite, smidge, smidgeon, bit, pinch
• nip, shot, slug, snifter, tot

Origin

• From Middle English dragme, dramme, from Old French dragme, drame, from Late Latin dragma, from Latin drachma, from Ancient Greek δραχμή.
• From Armenian դրամ, from Middle Persian 𐭦𐭥𐭦𐭭, from Ancient Greek δραχμή ("unit of weight, a handful"), from δράσσομαι.