English
Etymology
ME. emete, Old English æmete. (bef. 12c) Cognate to ant.
Pronunciation
IPA|/'�mɪt/
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�mɪt|-�mɪt
Noun
en-noun
- archaic An ant
#:*1789: Once a dream did weave a shade / O'er my angel-guarded bed / That an emmet lost its way / Where on grass methought I lay. - William Blake, Songs of Innocence
#:*1993: We are scurrying emmets or pismires with our sad little comedies. � Anthony Burgess, A Dead Man in Deptford
- Cornish dialect A tourist
Category:Old English derivations
fr:emmet
ru:emmet
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