herm
a monument consisting of a four-sided shaft tapering inward from top to bottom and bearing a head or bust; those of Hermes usually had an erect penis, which passersby stroked for luck.
Origin of herm
1- Also herma.
- Compare term (def. 10).
Words Nearby herm
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How to use herm in a sentence
But if he had not come I could not have got to herm before they set their watch boats.
Carette of Sark | John OxenhamAnd—say, Phil, mon gars,—don't let that young cub from herm get ahead of you.
Carette of Sark | John OxenhamFine doings there are on herm, they say, when they're all at home there.
Carette of Sark | John OxenhamSo I crept round the south of herm and drew into the little roadstead on the west.
Carette of Sark | John OxenhamDid you not say that the pretty damsel of herm had a father?
Jethou | E. R. Suffling
British Dictionary definitions for herm
herma (ˈhɜːmə)
/ (hɜːm) /
(in ancient Greece) a stone head of Hermes surmounting a square stone pillar
Origin of herm
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