Obs. rare–1. Also kyme. [Etym. obscure; app. the root of AKIMED; cf. also western dial. kimet silly, stupid, dizzy.] A simpleton, fool.
c. 1395. Plowman’s Tale, II. 695. The emperour yaf the pope somtyme So hyghe lordship him about, That, at [the] laste, the sely kyme [later edd. kime], The proude pope putte him out.
