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† hyˈpenemy Obs. rare.
[ad. L. hypēnemium (ovum), a. Gr. ὑπηνέµιον (ᾠόν) wind-egg, f. ὑπό beneath + ἄνεµος wind. Also used in L. form.]
A wind-egg.
[1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iv. vi. 194 Such as are addled swim, as do also those which are tearmed hypenemia or wind-egges.] 1668H. More Div. Dial. Schol. (1713) 571 Provided that it be not a Hypenemy or Wind Egg.
So hypeˈnemious a. [Gr. ὑπηνέµιος], full of wind, windy; said of an egg.
1855in Mayne Expos. Lex. 1886in Syd. Soc. Lex. |