homunculus
homunculus · homunculi · homunculuses
гомункул, гомункулус
Homunkulus
A small, artificially created human or human-like beingA small, artificially created human or human-like being.
UK/hɒˈmʌŋk.jʊ.ləs/US/həˈmʌŋk.jə.ləs/
Meaning
4 sensesA small, artificially created human or human-like being.
(broadly)A small human.
A miniature adult, once imagined by spermists to be present in human sperm.
The nerve map of the human body that exists on the parietal lobe of the human brain.
Homunkulus
гому́нкулgomúnkul, гому́нкулусgomúnkulus
More definitions
- a tiny fully formed individual that (according to the discredited theory of preformation) is supposed to be present in the sperm cell
- a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal
Translations
7 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
little man:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
little man:
Origin
Borrowed from Latin homunculus, from homō (“man”) + -culus (diminutive suffix).Borrowed from Latin homunculus, from homō (“man”) + -culus (diminutive suffix).
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
plural: homunculi / homunculusesSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular