Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A corruption of atomy.
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Examples
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Tim did a similar song-otomy a bit later when he realized that even in the solitude of the car it would still sing.
badger Diary Entry badger 2005
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"Ay, you may well ask whether that old dried-up _otomy_, who ought to grin in a glass case for folks to stare at, be kith and kin of such a bang-up cove as your fancy man, Luke," said Turpin, laughing -- "but i 'faith he is."
Rookwood William Harrison Ainsworth 1843
duckbill commented on the word otomy
Means skeleton.
"I hear she's grown a mere otomy." - Swift
April 19, 2011