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antipodes

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an⋅tip⋅o⋅des

  [an-tip-uh-deez]
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–plural noun
1. places diametrically opposite each other on the globe.
2. those who dwell there.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L < Gk (hoi) antípodes lit., (those) with the feet opposite (pl. of antípous), equiv. to anti- anti- + -podes, nom. pl. of poûs foot

Related forms:
an⋅tip⋅o⋅de⋅an  [an-tip-uh-dee-uhn] , adjective, noun

An⋅tip⋅o⋅des

  [an-tip-uh-deez]
–noun (used with a plural verb)
a group of islands SE of and belonging to New Zealand. 24 sq. mi. (62 sq. km).

an⋅ti⋅pode

  [an-ti-pohd]
–noun
a direct or exact opposite.
Origin:
1540–50; back formation from antipodes
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an·ti·pode   (ān'tĭ-pōd')   
n.  A direct or diametrical opposite: "We just sit and listen to the fullness of the quiet, as an antipode to focused busyness" (Kathryn A. Knox).

[Back-formation from antipodes.]
an·tip·o·des   (ān-tĭp'ə-dēz')   
pl.n.  

  1. Any two places or regions that are on diametrically opposite sides of the earth.

  2. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Something that is the exact opposite or contrary of another; an antipode.


[Middle English, people with feet opposite ours, from Latin, from Greek, from pl. of antipous, with the feet opposite : anti-, anti- + pous, pod-, foot; see ped- in Indo-European roots.]
an·tip'o·de'an adj.
An·tip·o·des   (ān-tĭp'ə-dēz')   

  1. Australia and New Zealand. Usually used informally.

  2. A group of rocky islands of the southern Pacific Ocean southeast of New Zealand, to which they belong. They were discovered by British seamen in 1800 and are so named because they are diametrically opposite Greenwich, England.

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Cultural Dictionary

antipodes [(an-tip-uh-deez)]

Two places on the globe that are exactly opposite each other; for example, the North Pole and South Pole.

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Word Origin & History

antipodes 
1398, from L. antipodes "those who dwell on the opposite side of the earth," from Gk. antipodes, pl. of antipous "with feet opposite ours," from anti- "opposite" + pous "foot" (see foot), thus people who live on the opposite side of the world. Not to be confused with antiscii "those who live on the same meridian on opposite side of the equator," whose shadows fall at noon in the opposite direction, from Gk. anti- + skia "shadow."
"Yonde in Ethiopia ben the Antipodes, men that haue theyr fete ayenst our fete." ["De Proprietatibus Rerum Bartholomeus Anglicus," translated by John of Trevisa, 1398]
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: an·ti·pode
Pronunciation: 'ant-&-"pOd
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural an·tip·o·des /an-'tip-&-"dEz/
1 : the exact opposite
2 : ENANTIOMER
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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