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an⋅tip⋅o⋅des
[an-tip-uh-deez] 
–plural noun
| 1. | places diametrically opposite each other on the globe. |
| 2. | those who dwell there. |
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. |
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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.
[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')
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Antipodes
An*tip"o*des\, n. [L. pl., fr. Gr. ? with the feet opposite, pl. ? ?; ? against + ?, ?, foot.]1. Those who live on the side of the globe diametrically opposite. 2. The country of those who live on the opposite side of the globe. --Latham. 3. Anything exactly opposite or contrary. Can there be a greater contrariety unto Christ's judgment, a more perfect antipodes to all that hath hitherto been gospel? --Hammond.
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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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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]
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| antipodes (ān-tĭp'ə-dēz') Pronunciation Key
Two places on directly opposite sides of the Earth, such as the North Pole and the South Pole. |
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