Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
homunculus .
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Examples
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"I propose her health," he repeated, "coupled with that of her mother, to whom I, for one, am more obliged than I can explain, for at length convincing me that I belong no more to the youth of my country, but am an uncle with a homuncle in his arms."
The Vicar's Daughter George MacDonald 1864
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a tiny little whimper called me away, and Miss Clare accompanied me; the gentlemen insisting that we should return as soon as possible, and bring the homuncle, as Roger called the baby, with us.
The Vicar's Daughter George MacDonald 1864
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