wimmen

wimmen pl (plural only)

1. Eye dialect spelling of women.
   • 1903, Jack London, The People of the Abyss:

     "But women," I suggested, when he had finished proclaiming booze the sole end of existence.
     "Wimmen!" He thumped his pot upon the bar and orated eloquently. "Wimmen is a thing my edication 'as learnt me t' let alone."

From Middle High German wimmen, windemen, from Old High German windemōn, ultimately from Latin vindemiō, itself from vinum + demō.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪmən/
• Hyphenation: wim‧men

wimmen (third-person singular simple present wimmt, past tense wimmte, past participle gewimmt, auxiliary haben)

1. (Switzerland, viticulture) to hold/keep a vintage (grape harvest) (clarification of this definition is needed)

• Wimmer