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notomies

notomies is the plural of notomy.

Meaning of notomy

Noun

notomy (plural notomies)

  1. (dialectal, obsolete) A skeleton; (also figurative) someone emaciated.
    • They allow me to eat nothing at night but blanchius manſhius, which has made a perfect notomy of me; […]1765, Sheridan, “Letter LXXX. To Mrs. Susanna Neville”, in Jonathan Swift, editor, The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, volume XIII, […] George Faulkner, pages 233-234
    Synonyms:
    atomy, thin person

Questions about notomies

What is notomies the plural of?
Notomies is the plural of notomy.

Words near notomies in the dictionary

  1. notoginseng
  2. notoginsenoside
  3. notoginsenosides
  4. notohippid
  5. notohippids
  6. notomies
  7. notommatid
  8. notommatids
  9. notomy
  10. notonectid
  11. notonectids

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