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Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A rectangular, often tapering stone post bearing a carved head or bust, usually of Hermes, used as a boundary marker in ancient Greece and for decorative purposes in later periods.
Wiktionary
- abbr. Abbreviation of hermaphrodite.
- n. sometimes pejorative A hermaphrodite.
WordNet 3.0
- n. 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
Etymologies
- From Hermaphroditus, originally a male Aphrodite (Aphroditus) and represented as a herm. (Wiktionary)
- Latin hermēs, herma, from Greek hermēs, from Hermēs, Hermes. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“But then I stepped back, saw the name 'herm' and suddenly it wasn't so unbelievable.”
“Like your associate lefty herm who appears to speak for all lefties together with we woke, eh?”
“#85 | Posted by herm during 2009-11-25 02: 38 PM |”
“And this would require her to act, and particularly at the end of the first act, where she discovers that her daughter has left herm and she's going to make the other daughter fill the younger daughter's shoes and make her into a star.”
“They were written by pre-scientific people with mostly illiterate audiences who were not so nuanced as to get the herm..eh, oh forget it.”
“I m shur herm majestickness haz beddur cointroll of de bubbls dan I do uv de body sails, LCB. lolcatburglar says:”
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“I sure do miss herm though, but I'm glad to discover this blog and -- Hi Buffy Squirrel; nice to see an old friend -- I'll hang out for a while.”
“It's a solid gold herm, you won't believe the detailing!”
“Beyond was a house, not very large but perfectly proportioned, with a herm in front of it that looked like a Praxiteles.”
“Faith! it's anither warnin 'this no' to parley at nicht wi 'onything less than twa or three inch o' oak dale atween ye and herm.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘herm’.
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phrontistery - h
from phrontistery.info
habanera, habergeon, habilable, habilatory, habile, habiliment, habilitate, habromania, hachure, hackle, hackney, hadal and 568 more...
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Davenport
words looked up recently from reading Guy Davenport
flenite, sampan, provender, comitatus, cycladic, surd, scialytic, lignite, plangencies, fugal, zamindary, macaque and 112 more...
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Words Covered in Faery Dust (H)
words that evoke magic, mystery, mayhem, magnificence or anything else that glimmers in the grass
haberdashery, hailstone, halcyon, halibut, halo, hamadryad, hammock, harangue, harbour, harebell, harlequin, harp and 104 more...
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lindyhopr's list
crossword puzzle words
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rememberers
prolix, ageusia, animadversion, anodyne, antic, arabesque, beadle, brachymetropia, colophon, desquamation, diaphoresis, diegesis and 3255 more...
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head wear
head-where: head-ware: head (at)tire
sallet, kangol, halo, peruke, cockade, tam, beret, helmet, hood, circlet, phylactery, chignon and 51 more...
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Related to "Hermes"
Words related to my name, either by association or etymology.
Hermes, hermeneutic, mercury, messenger, herald, quicksilver, deity, god, Olympus, mythology, psychopomp, Hades and 39 more...
Tweets
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jaime_d From "C. Musonius Rufus" by Guy Davenport Jan 18, 2010
treeseed Dictionary.com
–noun a monument consisting of a four-sided shaft tapering inward from top to bottom and bearing a head or bust; those of Hermes usually had an erect penis, which passersby stroked for luck.
Jan 25, 2008