antipode

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Noun
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun antipode has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

antipoden. 
     One of the antipodes; anything exactly opposite.  [1913 Webster]
    " The singular, antipode, is exceptional in formation, but has been used by good writers. Its regular English plural would be , the last syllable rhyming with abodes, and this pronunciation is sometimes heard. The plural form (originally a Latin word without a singular) is in common use, and is pronounced, after the English method of Latin, ."  [1913 Webster]
    "In tale or history your beggar is ever the just antipode to your king."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

antipode, n. (usu. foll. by of, to) the exact opposite.

Etymology
see ANTIPODES

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