atomy

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈætəmi/ === Etymology 1 === See atom. ==== Noun ==== atomy (plural atomy or atomies) (archaic) A floating mote or speck of dust. 1880, Richard Francis Burton, The Kasidah, London: H. S. Nichols, 1894, p. 7,[5] The marvel is that man can smile dreaming his ghostly ghastly dream;— Better the heedless atomy that buzzes in the morning beam! (archaic) An indivisible particle. Synonym: atom (archaic) A tiny being; a very small person. === Etymology 2 === Rebracketing of anatomy (“skeleton”) as an atomy. ==== Noun ==== atomy (plural atomies) (archaic) A skeleton. [from 16th c.] 1728, John Gay, The Beggar’s Opera, Dublin: George Risk et al., Act II, Scene 1, p. 67,[9] I could not save him from those fleaing Rascals the Surgeons; and now, poor Man, he is among the Otamys [sic] at Surgeon's Hall. === Etymology 3 === From atom +‎ -y. ==== Adjective ==== atomy (comparative more atomy, superlative most atomy) Resembling a tiny particle; made up of tiny particles. 1894, Richard Henry Savage, The Princess of Alaska, Chicago and New York: Rand, McNally, Book 2, Chapter 8, p. 235,[12] […] the atomy speck, hurled through space, which we mortals call the world!— ===== See also ===== atomic === References === == Polish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈtɔ.mɘ/ Rhymes: -ɔmɘ Syllabification: a‧to‧my === Noun === atomy m nominative plural of atom accusative plural of atom vocative plural of atom