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Webster 1913 Edition
Antipode
An′ti-pode
,Noun.
One of the antipodes; anything exactly opposite.
In tale or history your beggar is ever the just
antipode
to your king. Lamb.
☞ The singular, antipode, is exceptional in formation, but has been used by good writers. Its regular English plural would be
ăn′tĭ-pōdes
, the last syllable rhyming with abodes, and this pronunciation is sometimes heard. The plural form (originally a Latin word without a singular) is in common use, and is pronounced, after the English method of Latin, ăn-tĭp′ō̍-dēz
. Webster 1828 Edition
Antipode
AN'TIPODE
,Noun.
One who lives on the opposite side of the globe, and of course, whose feet are directly opposite.
Definition 2024
Antipode
Antipode
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German
Noun
Antipode m (genitive Antipoden, plural Antipoden)
Declension
antipode
antipode
See also: Antipode
English
Noun
antipode (plural antipodes)
- something directly opposite or diametrically opposed
Derived terms
Translations
something directly opposite
References
- “antipode” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.