emmet
noun
an ant.
emmet
1 American
[em-it]
/ ˈɛm ɪt /
noun
Chiefly Dialect.
Emmet
2
American
[em-it]
/ ˈɛm ɪt /
noun
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Robert, 1778–1803, Irish patriot.
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a male given name.
emmet
1
British
/ ˈɛmɪt /
noun
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an archaic or dialect word for ant
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dialect a tourist or holiday-maker
Emmet
2
British
/ ˈɛmɪt /
noun
Etymology
Origin of emmet
before 900; Middle English emete, Old English ǣmette ant
Example Sentences
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When a little emmet, standing on its ant-hill, could get a peep into infinity, how could he think he saw a corner in it?-a retired corner?
From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 by Walpole, Horace
Because that little emmet o' doubt gets the better o' me every time.
From The Delectable Duchy by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
All beings, through every gradation of existence, from the toiling emmet to the flaming angel, are formed for activity and exertion.
From Female Scripture Biographies, Volume I by Cox, Francis Augustus
How oft, when purple evening ting'd the west, We watch'd the emmet to her grainy nest; Welcom'd the wild-bee home on weary wing, Laden with sweets, the choicest of the spring!
From Poems by Rogers, Samuel
From a wise emmet, well sustain'd On what her industry had gain'd, A grasshopper some aid desir'd.
From Aesop, in Rhyme Old Friends in a New Dress by Park, Marmaduke
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