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adj
Clipping of hermaphrodite.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, not-comparable
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name
One of the Channel Islands and part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey.
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name
A commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in south-western France.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A rectangular pillar bearing a bust of Hermes, once used as a boundary marker and later as decoration.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Clipping of hermaphrodite.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
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noun
a statue consisting of a squared stone pillar with a carved head (usually a bearded Hermes) on top; used in ancient Greece as a boundary marker or signpost
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: statue
History
Perhaps from Old Norse armr (“arm”), because of its shape.
Learned borrowing from Latin Herma, a Latinization of Hermēs, from Ancient Greek Ἑρμῆς (Hermês).
Across languages
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
