Nearby Words
Anyone's Records Online? www.instantcheckmate.com/ Did you know Abominable Snowman's criminal history is searchable?
Snowmen Christmas Items snowmenchristmasitems.bizrate.com/ 400+ Snowmen Christmas Items. Bargain Prices. Smart Deals.
What Is A Yeti www.5earch.com/What+Is+A+Yeti Looking for What Is A Yeti? Stop Looking, Find it Here.
Ads
Abominable Snowman
noun
a legendary large, hairy, humanoid creature said to inhabit the Himalayas.
Also called yeti.
Origin:
1920–25; spurious translation of a supposed Tibetan phrase metoh kangmi, probably an erroneous rendering of Tibetan mi t'om man-bear and k'ang mi snowfield man
1920–25; spurious translation of a supposed Tibetan phrase metoh kangmi, probably an erroneous rendering of Tibetan mi t'om man-bear and k'ang mi snowfield man
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
|
Link To Abominable Snowman
00:10
00:09
00:08
00:07
00:06
00:05
00:04
00:03
00:02
00:01
Abominable Snowman
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
Collins
World English Dictionary
| abominable snowman | |
| —n | |
| Also called: yeti a large legendary manlike or apelike creature, alleged to inhabit the Himalayan Mountains | |
| [a translation of Tibetan metohkangmi, from metoh foul + kangmi snowman] | |
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
abominable snowman
1921, translating Tibetan meetaoh kangmi.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
Word Dynamo Rating For Abominable Snowman
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
