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pismire

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈpɪsmaɪə(ɹ)/Part of speech nounSorted eiimprsStarts with PEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. An ant.

Word origin

From Middle English pissemyre, equivalent to piss + mire (“ant”). So called due to the smell of anthills. Compare English pissant, Old Frisian pisimme, Dutch pismiere, Swedish pissmyra.

Used in a sentence

  • Why looke you, I am whipt and ſcourg'd with rods, Netled, and ſtung with piſmires, when I heare Of this vile polititian, Bullingbrooke,
  • Much there is not of wonder in the confused Houses of Pismires, though much in their busie life and actions […]
  • We are scurrying emmets or pismires with our sad little comedies.

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