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antmire

/ˈantmaɪɚ/

antmire noun: an ant.

Noun

antmire (plural antmires)

  1. (colloquial, dated) An ant.

Forms of antmire

pluralantmires
alternative formanty-mire

Origin of antmire

Alteration of pismire by the Puritan settlers of the New World, equivalent to ant + mire (“ant”, obsolete). The Puritans were known to have adopted new terms or to have modified other ones to have less potential for offensiveness, hence the use of rooster for cock in North America, chickadee for tit, etc. The form anty-mire is likely a minced alteration of pissymire, a variant of pismire.

Questions about antmire

What does antmire mean?
Antmire means an ant.
What part of speech is antmire?
Antmire is a noun.
How do you pronounce antmire?
Antmire is pronounced /ˈantmaɪɚ/.
What is the plural of antmire?
The plural of antmire is antmires.

Words near antmire in the dictionary

  1. antlions
  2. antlophobia
  3. antly
  4. Antman
  5. Antmans
  6. antmire
  7. antmires
  8. antney over
  9. antode
  10. antodes
  11. antodontalgic

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