Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Middle English form of
pulse .
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- noun A measure of
length found inIron Age Europe and theAncient Near East , considered the Greek "foot ". Its exact value was variable, but was always one six-hundredth of astadion .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Then he looked, and it was no Fuzzy he had ever seen before-not Little Fuzzy, nor funny, pom-pous Ko-Ko, nor mischievous Mike.
The Fuzzy Papers Piper, H. Beam 1962
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Nazōraious. kai gar toutois perissoteron enechousi, dia to apo Ioudaiōn autous ontas Iēsoun kērussein einai Christon, hoper estin enantion pros pous eti Ioudaious tous Christon mē dexamenous: [1306] 1
The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries 1851-1930 1908
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[223] Hina de sozomenou kai tou ton loipon di 'holou somatos te kai heirmou, eidnai echois tous oikeious hekastou euangelistou to pous, en hois kata ton auton henechthesan philalethos eipein, ek tou ponematos tou proeiremenou andros eilephos aphormas, kath' heteran methodon kanonas deka ton arithmon diecharaxa soi tous hupotetagmenous.
The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark Vindicated Against Recent Critical Objectors and Established 1813-1888 1871
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* Hina de sozomenou kai tou ton loipon di 'holou somatos te kai heirmou, eidnai echois tous oikeious hekastou euangelistou to pous, en hois kata ton auton henechthesan philalethos eipein, ek tou ponematos tou proeiremenou andros eilephos aphormas, kath' heteran methodon kanonas deka ton arithmon diecharaxa soi tous hupotetagmenous: [1681] 1
The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark Vindicated Against Recent Critical Objectors and Established 1813-1888 1871
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[169] Diote kai o kurios ouk o ` n kosmko ` s, os kosmikos heis anthro '; pous elthen.
The Life of Jesus Christ in Its Historical Connexion and Historical Developement. 1789-1850 1870
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* Diote kai o kurios ouk o ` n kosmko ` s, os kosmikos heis anthro '; pous elthen: [1352] 1
The Life of Jesus Christ in Its Historical Connexion and Historical Developement. 1789-1850 1870
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This name, which is derived from the Greek [Greek: tulos], a swelling, pad, or knot, and [Greek: pous], a foot, is applied to the camels and llamas, whose feet are composed of toes protected by cushion-like soles, and not by a horny covering like those of the Artiodactyli generally.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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Pom-mel, a knob on a sword or saddle a. Pom-pous, splendid, showy v. Pon-der, to consider
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[24] The terminal 'pe' is short for pus, (pous!) and 'phalero,' from phalera, fringes -- "Fringe-foot" (Morris).
Love's Meinie Three Lectures on Greek and English Birds John Ruskin 1859
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There is a kind of rufticity in all thofe pom - pous verfes; fomewhat of a holiday fhepherd itnitting jii I it j country butkins.
missanthropist commented on the word pous
Greek Foot.
July 11, 2008
bilby commented on the word pous
Plural is podes.
February 1, 2016