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Webster 1913 Edition
Atomy
At′om-y
(ăt′ŭm-y̆)
, Noun.
An atom; a mite; a pigmy.
At′o-my
,Noun.
[For
anatomy
, taken as an atomy
.] A skeleton.
[Ludicrous]
Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Atomy
AT'OMY
,Noun.
Definition 2024
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English
Noun
atomy (plural atomies)
- A floating mote or speck of dust.
- 1595 Gervase Markham, The most Honourable Tragedy of Sir Richard Grenville
- Thicker then in sunne are Atomies,
- Flew bullets.
- 1599 Wm. Shakespeare, As You Like It, 3.v
- That eyes, that are the frail'st and softest things
- Who shut their coward gates on atomies
- Should be call'd tyrants, butchers, murderers!
- 1595 Gervase Markham, The most Honourable Tragedy of Sir Richard Grenville
Etymology 2
A metanalysis (false splitting) of anatomy as an atomy.
Noun
atomy (plural atomies)
- (archaic) a skeleton
- 1786, Dr. Smollett, The History and Adventures of an Atom, Harrison and Co., page 5,
- I was now thrown into a violent perturbation of spirit; for I never could behold an atomy without fear and trembling, even when I knew it was no more than a competition of dry bone.
- 1786, Dr. Smollett, The History and Adventures of an Atom, Harrison and Co., page 5,