What does emmet mean?
Emmet means (dialectal or archaic) An ant..
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/ˈɛmɪt/ · noun
(dialectal or archaic) An ant..
He told him that he saw a vast multitude and a promiscuous, their habitations like molehills, the men as emmets […]
1666, Dr. Edmund King, Philosophical Transactions (1665-1678) Observations Concerning Emmets or Ants, Their Eggs, Production, Progress, Coming to Maturity, Use, &c
What shall a Mote up to a Monarch rise? An Emmet match an Emperor in might?
Once a dream did weave a shade / O'er my angel-guarded bed / That an emmet lost its way / Where on grass methought I lay.
[A benignity that] to the emmet gives / Her foresight, and intelligence that makes / The tiny creatures strong by social league.
We are scurrying emmets or pismires with our sad little comedies.
Use emmet when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Emmet means (dialectal or archaic) An ant..
Common synonyms include pismire, ant.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He told him that he saw a vast multitude and a promiscuous, their habitations like molehills, the men as emmets […]
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