emmet

Definition

An ant.

Etymology

From Middle English emete, from Old English ǣmete, (bef. 12c) Doublet of ant.

Example Sentences

• "He told him that he saw a vast multitude and a promiscuous, their habitations like molehills, the men as emmets […]"
• "1666, Dr. Edmund King, Philosophical Transactions (1665-1678) Observations Concerning Emmets or Ants, Their Eggs, Production, Progress, Coming to Maturity, Use, &c"
• "What shall a Mote up to a Monarch rise? An Emmet match an Emperor in might?"