emmet

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English emete, from Old English ǣmete, (bef. 12c) Doublet of ant. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛmɪt/ Rhymes: -ɛmɪt === Noun === emmet (plural emmets) (dialectal or archaic) 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 === See also === anty-mire grockle === Anagrams === Temme == Estonian == === Noun === emmet partitive singular of emme