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pismires

pismires is the plural of pismire.

Meaning of pismire

Noun

pismire (plural pismires)

  1. (archaic, dialectal) An ant.
    • Why looke you, I am whipt and ſcourg'd with rods,
      Netled, and ſtung with piſmires, when I heare
      Of this vile polititian, Bullingbrooke,c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Questions about pismires

What is pismires the plural of?
Pismires is the plural of pismire.

Words near pismires in the dictionary

  1. Pisky-Udaiski
  2. PISL
  3. Pislam
  4. Pislamic
  5. pismire
  6. pismires
  7. pismirism
  8. Pismo
  9. Pismo Beach
  10. PISN
  11. PISNe

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