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pismire
[ pis-mahyuhr, piz- ]
noun
- an ant.
pismire
/ ˈpɪsˌmaɪə /
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pismire1
1350–1400; Middle English pissemyre, equivalent to pisse to urinate + obsolete mire ant, perhaps < Scandinavian (compare Danish myre, Swedish myra ), cognate with Dutch mier; pejorative name from stench of formic acid proper to ants
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pismire1
C14 (literally: urinating ant, from the odour of formic acid characteristic of an ant hill): from piss + obsolete mire ant, of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse maurr, Middle Low German mīre ant
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Example Sentences
As if we should look upon an ant or pismire, the parts fly the sight, and the whole considered is almost nothing.
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At first he said he was a pismire, but the Speaker said pismire was not parliamentary, and he modified it to grasshopper.
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I've got a thousand-legged worm at the head of a pismire flush, and it serves us right, for a lot of slovens.
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Thou art no more than a pismire; why wilt thou seek to provoke the elephants?
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You must understand he is an emmet of quality, and has better blood in his veins than any pismire in the molehill.
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