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Traditional English :: pygmy
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pygmean.html - n. (also pigmy) (pl. -ies) 1 a member of a dwarf people of equatorial Africa and parts of SE Asia. 2 a very small person, animal, or thing. 3 an insignificant person. 4 (attrib.) a of or relating to pygmies. b (of a person, animal, etc.) dwarf. pygmaean adj. pygmean adj. [ME f. L pygmaeus f. Gk pugmaios dwarf f. pugme the length from elbow to knuckles, fist] |
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Traditional English :: pygmy
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pygmean.html - n. (also pigmy) (pl. -ies) 1 a member of a dwarf people of equatorial Africa and parts of SE Asia. 2 a very small person, animal, or thing. 3 an insignificant person. 4 (attrib.) a of or relating to pygmies. b (of a person, animal, etc.) dwarf. pygmaean adj. pygmean adj. [ME f. L pygmaeus f. Gk pugmaios dwarf f. pugme the length from elbow to knuckles, fist] |
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Traditional English :: pyaemia
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pygmean.html - n. (US pyemia) blood-poisoning caused by the spread of pus-forming bacteria in the bloodstream from a source of infection. pyaemic adj. [mod.L f. Gk puon pus + haima blood] |
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Traditional English :: pycnic
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pygmean.html - var. of PYKNIC. |
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Traditional English :: pye-dog
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pygmean.html - n.
(also pie-dog, pi-dog) a vagrant mongrel, esp. in Asia. [Anglo-Ind. pye, paê, Hindi pahi outsider + DOG] |
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Traditional English :: pyelitis
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pygmean.html - n.
inflammation of the renal pelvis. [Gk puelos trough, basin + -ITIS] |
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