atomy

¹ American  

[at-uh-mee] / ˈæt ə mi /

noun

plural

atomies

1. an atom; mote.

2. a small creature; pygmy.

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atomy ² American  

[at-uh-mee] / ˈæt ə mi /

noun

plural

atomies

1. a skeleton.

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atomy ¹ British  

/ ˈætəmɪ /

noun

1. an atom or minute particle

2. a minute creature

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atomy ² British  

/ ˈætəmɪ /

noun

1. an obsolete word for skeleton

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Etymology

Origin of atomy¹

1585–95; singular use of Latin atomī, plural of atomus atom

Origin of atomy²

1590–1600; variant of anatomy (taken as an atomy )

Example Sentences

The Wait felt so strange that he took the furry atomy without protest, and popped it into his mouth without any feelings that it was going to be nasty.

From Literature

"Ould woman, inagh!" answered the little atomy in a towering passion.

From Project Gutenberg

Two men in particular, older than the rest--the one a fat, infirm fellow with a pallid face and the air of a rich citizen, the other a peevish, red-eyed atomy in a green fur-lined coat--were of this party.

From Project Gutenberg

You have, indeed, you presumptuous atomy!" and he laughed in his own way, adding, "I did not expect you would blow into an hero quite so soon.

From Project Gutenberg

Viewed in the narrow light of class discipline, he was a burden, like the grasshopper; in the broad and genial glow that falls from a humorous philosophy of life, he was a joy, a heart-filling atomy of mischief, a triumphant example of the imperfectness of humanity and the humanness of imperfection.

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