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noun Chiefly Dialect.
an ant.
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Emmet
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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| emmet (ˈɛmɪt) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | (Brit) an archaic or dialect word for ant |
| 2. | dialect (Cornish) a tourist or holiday-maker |
| [Old English ǣmette | |
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Word Origin & History
emmet
"ant," from O.E. æmete (see ant), surviving as a dial. word in parts of England; also, in Cornwall, a colloquial name for holiday tourists.
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