adj, intj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   humming not-comparable

   "Already the air was ahum with the flies around him."

Intj

1. 1
   Alternative form of ahem (“coughing sound”). alt-of, alternative

Example

More examples

"Already the air was ahum with the flies around him."

Etymology

From a- + hum.

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