emmet

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English ampte, amte, amete, amote, ante, emete, emot, emotte, empt, empte, from Old English ǣmete, ǣmette, ǣmytte, ǣmætte (“ant”), from Proto-West Germanic *āmaitijā (“ant”), of uncertain and debated origin (q.v.), but probably from Proto-Germanic *ē- (“off, away”) + *maitaną (“to cut”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂y- (“to cut”). Doublet of ant. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛmɪt/ Rhymes: -ɛmɪt === Noun === emmet (plural emmets) (archaic or dialectal) An ant. , New York Review of Books, 2001, p.47: 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 before 1729, Edward Taylor, "Meditation. Joh. 14.2. I go to prepare a place for you": What shall a Mote up to a Monarch rise? An Emmet match an Emperor in might? (Cornwall, derogatory) A tourist. ==== Derived terms ==== four-legged emmet ==== References ==== “emmet”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present. “emmet”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. === Anagrams === Temme == Estonian == === Noun === emmet partitive singular of emme