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femes
English
Noun
femes
- plural of feme
Catalan
Verb
femes
- second-person singular present indicative form of femar
Spanish
Verb
femes
- Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of femar.
- Informal second-person singular (tú) negative imperative form of femar.
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fomes
English
Etymology
From medical Latin f?mes (“fomite”), a figurative extension of its original sense of kindling, tinder, &c. Gradually supplanted in use by fomite, a mistaken backformation of its plural form fomites, from Latin f?mit?s.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?f??mi?z/
- (US) IPA(key): /?fo?.mi?z/
Noun
fomes (plural fomites)
- (obsolete, medicine) The morbid matter created by a disease.
- 1773, Gentleman's Magazine, No. 43, p. 554:
- If this putrid ferment could be more immediately corrected, a stop would probably be put to the flux, and the fomes of the disease likewise removed.
- 1773, Gentleman's Magazine, No. 43, p. 554:
- (archaic, medicine) Synonym of fomite: a substance able to communicate infection between people.
- 1803, Medical & Physical Journal, No. 10, p. 213:
- I cannot say that I have known it spread from fomites.
- 1803, Medical & Physical Journal, No. 10, p. 213:
- (archaic, figuratively) Anything which similarly facilitates the spread of something similarly deleterious.
- 1658, John Owen, Of Temptation, p. 126:
- Naturall tempers... prove a great Fomes of sinne.
- 1658, John Owen, Of Temptation, p. 126:
References
- fomes in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- “fomes, n.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1897
Anagrams
- MEFOs
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *d?eg??-. Related to Latin fove? (“I keep warm”), compare Latin f?mentum (“compress, poultice; kindling; mitigation”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?fo?.mes/, [?fo?m?s?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?fo.mes/, [?f??m?s]
Noun
f?mes f (genitive f?mitis); third declension
- tinder, kindling
- (New Latin, medicine) fomite
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- fomes in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- fomes in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fomes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Middle English
Noun
fomes
- plural of fome
Portuguese
Noun
fomes
- plural of fome
Spanish
Adjective
fomes
- plural of fome
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