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homunculus
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun homunculus has 2 senses
- homunculus(n = noun.person) manikin, mannikin - a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal; Array is a kind of small person
- homunculus(n = noun.person) Array - a tiny fully formed individual that (according to the discredited theory of preformation) is supposed to be present in the sperm cell; Array is a kind of individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
CIDE DICTIONARY
homunculus, n. [L., dim. of homo man.].
A little man; a dwarf; a manikin. Sterne. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
homunculus, n. (also homuncule) (pl. homunculi or homuncules) a little man, a manikin.
Etymology
L homunculus f. homo -minis man
ROGET THESAURUS
homunculus
Littleness
N littleness, smallness, exiguity, inextension, parvitude, parvity, duodecimo, Elzevir edition, epitome, microcosm, rudiment, vanishing point, thinness, dwarf, pygmy, pigmy, Liliputian, chit, pigwidgeon, urchin, elf, atomy, dandiprat, doll, puppet, Tom Thumb, Hop-o'-my-thumb, manikin, mannikin, homunculus, dapperling, cock-sparrow, animalcule, monad, mite, insect, emmet, fly, midge, gnat, shrimp, minnow, worm, maggot, entozoon, bacteria, infusoria, microzoa, phytozoaria, microbe, grub, tit, tomtit, runt, mouse, small fry, millet seed, mustard seed, barleycorn, pebble, grain of sand, molehill, button, bubble, point, atom, fragment, powder, point of a pin, mathematical point, minutiae, micrometer, vernier, scale, microphotography, photomicrography, micrography, photomicrograph, microphotograph, microscopy, microscope (optical instruments), little, small, minute, diminutive, microscopic, microzoal, inconsiderable, exiguous, puny, tiny, wee, petty, minikin, miniature, pygmy, pigmy, elfin, undersized, dwarf, dwarfed, dwarfish, spare, stunted, limited, cramp, cramped, pollard, Liliputian, dapper, pocket, portative, portable, duodecimo, dumpy, squat, short, impalpable, intangible, evanescent, imperceptible, invisible, inappreciable, insignificant, inconsiderable, trivial, infinitesimal, homoeopathic, atomic, subatomic, corpuscular, molecular, rudimentary, rudimental, embryonic, vestigial, weazen, scant, scraggy, scrubby, thin, granular, shrunk, brevipennate, in a small compass, in a nutshell, on a small scale, minutely, microscopically.
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