emmet
/ˈɛmɪt
/noun dialect
An ant.Especially since it cites people with names like Inocente and Chronotis (who studies the history of time), and a certain Emmet Brown (originally I thought it was some in-joke about brown ants, emmet being a Cornish word for ant.
Origin
Old English ǣmete (see ant).
ant from Old English:
The dialect word emmet for an ant, used since the 1970s as a Cornish term for a tourist, is like ant, from Old English ǣmete. Antsy, dating from the mid 19th century, is probably from the phrase have ants in one's pants; it means ‘agitated’, ‘restless’.
Rhymes
- show someone the door
- show someone/thing off
- show someone/thing up
- show someone who's boss
- show something forth
- showstopper
- showstopping
- show the flag
- show the way
- show the white feather
- show time
- show trial
- show tune
- show willing
- show window
- showy
- shoyu
- s.h.p.
- SHP
- shpt.
- shr.
- shrank
- shrapnel
- shred
- shredded