homunculehomunclen.

/hə(ʊ)ˈmʌŋkjuːl/

/hə(ʊ)ˈmʌŋk(ə)l/

Forms: Also homunculus.

Etymology: < Latin homunculus, (also in English use) diminutive of homo man. Compare French homuncule (18th cent. in Littré).

A little or diminutive man; a mannikin.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [noun] > person

dwarfeOE

congeonc1230

go-by-ground?a1300

smalla1300

shrimpc1386

griga1400

gruba1400

murche1440

nirvil1440

mitinga1450

witherling1528

wretchocka1529

elf1530

hop-o'-my-thumb1530

pygmy1533

little person1538

manikin1540

mankin1552

dandiprat1556

yrle1568

grundy1570

Jack Sprat1570

squall1570

manling1573

Tom Thumb1579

pinka1585

squib1586

screaling1594

giant-dwarf1598

twattle1598

agate1600

minimus1600

cock sparrow1602

dapperling1611

modicum1611

scrub1611

sesquipedalian1615

dwarflinga1618

wretchcock1641

homuncio1643

whip-handle1653

homuncule1656

whippersnapper1674

chitterling1675

sprite1684

carliea1689

urling1691

wirling1691

dwarf man1699

poppet1699

durgan1706

short-arse1706

tomtit1706

Lilliputian1726

wallydraigle1736

midge1757

minikin1761

squeeze-crab1785

minimum1796

niff-naff1808

titman1818

teetotum1822

squita1825

cradden1825

nyaff1825

weed1825

pinkeen1850

fingerling1864

Lilliput1867

thumbling1867

midget1869

inch1884

shorty1888

titch1888

skimpling1890

stub1890

scrap1898

pygmoid1922

lofty1933

peewee1935

smidgen1952

pint-size1954

pint-sized1973

munchkin1974

1656 H. More Enthusiasmus Triumphatus 46 That there is an artificiall way of making an Homunculus, and that the Fairies of the woods, Nymphs and Giants themselves had some such originall.

1696 J. Edwards Demonstr. Existence God ii. vi. 124 Parcelsus's Artificial Homuncle.

1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy I. ii. 5 The Homunculus is..endowed with the same loco-motive powers and faculties with us.

1839 New Monthly Mag. 56 25 The door opened suddenly, and admitted an homuncule, of about four feet three.

Derivatives

hoˈmuncular adj. diminutive, pigmy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adjective] > extremely small

tinea1400

little weea1525

undersmall?1527

little little1542

perpusil1598

tiny1598

punctual1605

minute1606

pygmya1616

exiguous1630

atomical1646

minutulous1651

puncticular1658

arenulous1664

myriate1665

minimal1666

minim1671

infinitesimal1733

minutissim1768

weeny1790

midgety1798

teeny1802

pinpoint1807

atomic1809

homuncular1822

minnow1824

weeshy1825

pinhead1835

finitesimal1836

homoeopathic1838

teeny-weeny1842

teenty1844

teenty-taunty1844

teeny-tiny1849

submolecular1854

teensy1856

super-compact1860

midget1865

ultramicroscopic1870

pilulous1871

teensy-weensy1872

tee-tiny1872

minuscule1878

smitchy1888

eeny-weeny1894

eensy-weensy1904

pygmean1904

ultramicroscopical1904

bitsy1905

bitty1905

totty1906

millimetric1909

miniscule1909

minuscular1911

insectual1912

micro1931

eeny1933

eensy1940

submicrogram1941

submillimetre1954

diddy1963

mini1963

micro-mini1967

1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 19 Delappius..not only saw these homuncular tadpoles, but pretended to trace one of them bursting through the tunic by which it was swaddled.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	homuncule
释义	homunculehomunclen. /hə(ʊ)ˈmʌŋkjuːl//hə(ʊ)ˈmʌŋk(ə)l/ Forms: Also homunculus. Etymology: < Latin homunculus, (also in English use) diminutive of homo man. Compare French homuncule (18th cent. in Littré). A little or diminutive man; a mannikin. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [noun] > person dwarfeOE congeonc1230 go-by-ground?a1300 smalla1300 shrimpc1386 griga1400 gruba1400 murche1440 nirvil1440 mitinga1450 witherling1528 wretchocka1529 elf1530 hop-o'-my-thumb1530 pygmy1533 little person1538 manikin1540 mankin1552 dandiprat1556 yrle1568 grundy1570 Jack Sprat1570 squall1570 manling1573 Tom Thumb1579 pinka1585 squib1586 screaling1594 giant-dwarf1598 twattle1598 agate1600 minimus1600 cock sparrow1602 dapperling1611 modicum1611 scrub1611 sesquipedalian1615 dwarflinga1618 wretchcock1641 homuncio1643 whip-handle1653 homuncule1656 whippersnapper1674 chitterling1675 sprite1684 carliea1689 urling1691 wirling1691 dwarf man1699 poppet1699 durgan1706 short-arse1706 tomtit1706 Lilliputian1726 wallydraigle1736 midge1757 minikin1761 squeeze-crab1785 minimum1796 niff-naff1808 titman1818 teetotum1822 squita1825 cradden1825 nyaff1825 weed1825 pinkeen1850 fingerling1864 Lilliput1867 thumbling1867 midget1869 inch1884 shorty1888 titch1888 skimpling1890 stub1890 scrap1898 pygmoid1922 lofty1933 peewee1935 smidgen1952 pint-size1954 pint-sized1973 munchkin1974 1656 H. More Enthusiasmus Triumphatus 46 That there is an artificiall way of making an Homunculus, and that the Fairies of the woods, Nymphs and Giants themselves had some such originall. 1696 J. Edwards Demonstr. Existence God ii. vi. 124 Parcelsus's Artificial Homuncle. 1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy I. ii. 5 The Homunculus is..endowed with the same loco-motive powers and faculties with us. 1839 New Monthly Mag. 56 25 The door opened suddenly, and admitted an homuncule, of about four feet three. Derivatives hoˈmuncular adj. diminutive, pigmy. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adjective] > extremely small tinea1400 little weea1525 undersmall?1527 little little1542 perpusil1598 tiny1598 punctual1605 minute1606 pygmya1616 exiguous1630 atomical1646 minutulous1651 puncticular1658 arenulous1664 myriate1665 minimal1666 minim1671 infinitesimal1733 minutissim1768 weeny1790 midgety1798 teeny1802 pinpoint1807 atomic1809 homuncular1822 minnow1824 weeshy1825 pinhead1835 finitesimal1836 homoeopathic1838 teeny-weeny1842 teenty1844 teenty-taunty1844 teeny-tiny1849 submolecular1854 teensy1856 super-compact1860 midget1865 ultramicroscopic1870 pilulous1871 teensy-weensy1872 tee-tiny1872 minuscule1878 smitchy1888 eeny-weeny1894 eensy-weensy1904 pygmean1904 ultramicroscopical1904 bitsy1905 bitty1905 totty1906 millimetric1909 miniscule1909 minuscular1911 insectual1912 micro1931 eeny1933 eensy1940 submicrogram1941 submillimetre1954 diddy1963 mini1963 micro-mini1967 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 19 Delappius..not only saw these homuncular tadpoles, but pretended to trace one of them bursting through the tunic by which it was swaddled. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1656
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