emmet

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noun

Plural noun:

emmets

1.
(archaic, dialectal)(dialectal or archaic) An ant.
He told him that he saw a vast multitude and a promiscuous, their habitations like molehills, the men as emmets […]
1666, Dr. Edmund King, Philosophical Transactions (1665-1678) Observations Concerning Emmets or Ants, Their Eggs, Production, Progress, Coming to Maturity, Use, &c
What shall a Mote up to a Monarch rise? An Emmet match an Emperor in might?
2.
(Cornwall, derogatory)A tourist.

Từ liên quan

Cùng gốc / liên quan

four-legged emmet

Từ có viền nét liền là đã có mục từ; viền nét đứt là chưa có trong dữ liệu.

Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English ampte, amte, amete, amote, ante, emete, emot, emotte, empt, empte, from Old English ǣmete, ǣmette, ǣmytte, ǣmætte (ant), from *āmaitijā (ant), of, but probably from Proto-Germanic *ē- (off, away) + *maitaną (to cut), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂y- (to cut). Doublet of ant.