adj
Meaning 1
Made up of tiny particles.
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: atomic
Antonyms: none provided
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈætəmi/
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General-American: /ˈætəmi/
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General-American: [-ɾə-]
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adj
Meaning 2
Resembling a tiny particle; atomlike.
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: atomic
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A tiny particle; an atom, a mote, a speck.
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ace, atom, thought, atomy, aught, bissel, bit, crumb, glimpse, dab, damn, dash, diddly, glint, dot, spatter, drop, dusting, fleck, glimmer, hint, flip, flyspeck, grain, halfpennyworth, inch, iota, jot, lick, mite, modicum, molecule, morceau, morsel, mote, ooch, ounce, particle, pennyworth, piece, pinch, relish, scantling, semblance, scent, scintilla, scooch, scrap, scruple, shred, skerrick, skoosh, skosh, sliver, smattering, smidge, smidgen, smidget, smidgy, smitch, smithereen, soupçon, spark, speck, speckle, spot, sprinkle, sprinkling, strain, tad, tidbit, tidge, tinge, tittle, toddick, touch, trace, trifle, tuppence worth, vestige, whiff, whit
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A tiny particle; an atom, a mote, a speck.
A floating mote or speck of dust.
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ace, atom, thought, atomy, aught, bissel, bit, crumb, glimpse, dab, damn, dash, diddly, glint, dot, spatter, drop, dusting, fleck, glimmer, hint, flip, flyspeck, grain, halfpennyworth, inch, iota, jot, lick, mite, modicum, molecule, morceau, morsel, mote, ooch, ounce, particle, pennyworth, piece, pinch, relish, scantling, semblance, scent, scintilla, scooch, scrap, scruple, shred, skerrick, skoosh, skosh, sliver, smattering, smidge, smidgen, smidget, smidgy, smitch, smithereen, soupçon, spark, speck, speckle, spot, sprinkle, sprinkling, strain, tad, tidbit, tidge, tinge, tittle, toddick, touch, trace, trifle, tuppence worth, vestige, whiff, whit
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A tiny particle; an atom, a mote, a speck.
The smallest, indivisible constituent part or unit of something; an atom.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ace, atom, thought, atomy, aught, bissel, bit, crumb, glimpse, dab, damn, dash, diddly, glint, dot, spatter, drop, dusting, fleck, glimmer, hint, flip, flyspeck, grain, halfpennyworth, inch, iota, jot, lick, mite, modicum, molecule, morceau, morsel, mote, ooch, ounce, particle, pennyworth, piece, pinch, relish, scantling, semblance, scent, scintilla, scooch, scrap, scruple, shred, skerrick, skoosh, skosh, sliver, smattering, smidge, smidgen, smidget, smidgy, smitch, smithereen, soupçon, spark, speck, speckle, spot, sprinkle, sprinkling, strain, tad, tidbit, tidge, tinge, tittle, toddick, touch, trace, trifle, tuppence worth, vestige, whiff, whit
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
A very small being; a mite.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal, figuratively
Qualifier: archaic except UK
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: titch
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
A skeleton.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: notomy
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
A person who is very emaciated or thin; a skeleton.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal, figuratively
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bag of bones, notomy, skin and bones, thin person
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
Chiefly in the works of the English author Charles Dickens (1812–1870): a thing which is very slender and weak.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, obsolete
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From atom + -y (suffix meaning ‘having the quality of’).
A variant of atomi, the plural of atomus (“hypothetical particle posited as an ultimate and indivisible component of matter; mote of dust in a sunbeam”) treated as a singular form. Atomus is derived from Latin atomus, from Ancient Greek ἄτομος (átomos, “indivisible”, adjective), from ᾰ̓- (ă-, prefix forming terms having an opposite sense) + τομ- (tom-) (stem of τέμνω (témnō, “to cut”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *temh1- (“to cut”)) + -ος (-os, suffix forming nouns of action or result). Doublet of atom.
Rebracketing of anatomy (“skeleton”) as an atomy; compare notomy.