Atomy

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈætÉ™mi/

See atom.

Full definition of atomy

Noun

1. A floating mote or speck of dust.
• 1595 Gervase Markham, The most Honourable Tragedy of Sir Richard GrenvilleThicker then in sunne are Atomies,Flew bullets.
• 1599 Wm. Shakespeare, As You Like It, 3.vThat eyes, that are the frail'st and softest thingsWho shut their coward gates on atomiesShould be call'd tyrants, butchers, murderers!

A metanalysis (false splitting) of anatomy as an atomy.

Noun

1. (archaic) a skeleton
• 1786, Dr. Smollett, The History and Adventures of an Atom, Harrison and Co., page 5,I was now thrown into a violent perturbation of spirit; for I never could behold an atomy without fear and trembling, even when I knew it was no more than a competition of dry bone.----