ALARUM

alarm, alert, warning signal, alarum

(noun) an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

alarum (plural alarums)

(archaic) A danger signal or warning.

A call to arms.

Verb

alarum (third-person singular simple present alarums, present participle alaruming, simple past and past participle alarumed)

(archaic) To sound alarums, to sound an alarm.

Usage notes

• Alarum is an old spelling of alarm (as a noun or a verb), which has stayed around as a deliberate archaism. Possibly it is retained because of its use in Shakespeare's plays.

Anagrams

• marula

Source: Wiktionary

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A*lar"um, n. Etym: [OE. alarom, the same word as alarm, n.]

Definition: See Alarm. [Now Poetic]

Note: The variant form alarum is now commonly restricted to an alarm signal or the mechanism to sound an alarm (as in an alarm clock.)

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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