Definition of Homuncle

1. a dwarf [n -S] - See also: dwarf

Lexicographical Neighbors of Homuncle

homozeotrope
homozoic
homozygoses
homozygosis
homozygosities
homozygosity
homozygote
homozygotes
homozygotic
homozygous
homozygous achondroplasia
homozygous by descent
homozygously
homs
homuncle (current term)
homuncles
homuncular
homunculi
homy
homœoblastic
homœogenesis
homœoid
homœomerous
homœomorph
homœomorphy
homœopathism
homœopathist
homœopathists

Literary usage of Homuncle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Sunday Magazine (1872)
"me away, and Miss Clare accompanied me, the gentlemen insisting that we should return as soon as possible, and bring the homuncle, as Roger called the baby, ..."

2. Philosophy Reformed & Improved in Four Profound Tractates: The I by Henry Pinnell, Oswald Croll, Paracelsus (1657)
"... the familiar wind is a body homuncle (or little Man) of the Sophies Cor ai\d like wife men,) the ..."

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