/ˈɛmɪt/
OriginFrom Middle English emete, from Old English ǣmete, (bef. 12c) Doublet of ant.
- archaic, dialectalAn ant.
“He told him that he saw a vast multitude and a promiscuous, their habitations like molehills, the men as emmets […]”
“1666, Dr. Edmund King, Philosophical Transactions (1665-1678) Observations Concerning Emmets or Ants, Their Eggs, Production, Progress, Coming to Maturity, Use, &c”
“What shall a Mote up to a Monarch rise?
An Emmet match an Emperor in might?”
- A surname.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A ghost town in Queensland, Australia.
- A city in Nevada and Hempstead, Arkansas.
- A village in Holt County, Nebraska.
- An unincorporated community in McLean County, North Dakota.
- A ghost town in Union County, South Dakota.
- A town in Dodge County, Wisconsin.
- A town in Marathon County, Wisconsin.
Formsemmets(plural) · Emmett(alternative)