HOMUNCULUS


Meaning of HOMUNCULUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ hō-ˈməŋ-kyə-ləs ]

noun

( plural ho·mun·cu·li -ˌlī, -ˌlē)

Etymology: Latin, diminutive of homin-, homo human being — more at homage

Date: 1656

1. : a little man : manikin

2. : a miniature adult that in the theory of preformation is held to inhabit the germ cell and to produce a mature individual merely by an increase in size

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.