ˈwem noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English, alteration (influenced by wemmen to stain, from Old English wemman, from wamm spot, stain) of Old English wamm spot, stain; akin to Old Saxon wam evil, crime, Old Norse vamm blemish, Gothic wamm spot and perhaps to Old Norse vāma sickness, nausea — more at vomit
1. archaic : a moral stain
2. chiefly dialect : a flaw or stain in something material
3. archaic : a bodily spot or scar