ANT, ANT-HILL
ADJECTIVES
1599 — MYRMIDONIAN relating to ants
1886 — MYRMECOLOGICAL relating to the study of ants
NOUNS
1300 — AMET → AMETE → AMOTE → EEMOCK → EEMUCK an ant → obs.
1300 — EMMET an ant
1366 — MAUR an ant → obs.
1395 — PISMIRE an ant
1484 — FORMICE an ant → obs.
1596 — CALICRAT an ant → obs. exc. Sc.
1667 — BANK an anthill → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1717 — EMMOR an ant (Bk.)
1770 — PISS-ANT an ant → Amer. dial.
1773 — EMMACK an ant → Sc.
1782 — ANTLING a small or young ant
..19C — ANT-MIRE an ant → US euphemism for ‘piss-ant’
1825 — EMMET-BATCH an anthill → Eng. dial.
1825 — IMAKY-AMAKY an ant → Sc. obs.
1830 — FISHIMER an ant → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1830 — PISHMIRE → PUSHMIRE an ant, the pismire → Eng. dial.
1845 — IMMICK → IMMOCK an ant → Sc. (Bk.)
1862 — EMMOCK → EMOCK an ant → Sc.
1865 — MERYAN → MERYON → MURYAN an ant → Eng. dial.
1867 — PISHMITHER → PISHMOTHER → PISMINNIE an ant → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1875 — PISMOTE an ant → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1877 — POLICEMAN a soldier ant → obs.
1879 — ANTI-TUMP → ANT-TUMP → ANTY-TUMP an anthill → Eng. dial.
1881 — EMERTEEN → ENANTEEN an ant → Sc.
1882 — EMMET-BUTT an anthill → Eng. dial.
1884 — EMMET-CAST an anthill → Eng. dial.
1887 — AMMUT an ant → Eng. dial.
1888 — EMMET-HUMP an anthill → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1890 — MYRMECOLOGY the study of ants
1893 — BISHIMER an ant → Eng. dial.
1893 — EMMET-HEAP an anthill → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1896 — PIGMIRE an ant → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 — ATTERCOP an ant → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 — BED an anthill → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 — ETTERCAP an ant → Sc. (Bk.)
1898 — PISSIEMOOR → PISSYMOOR → PISSYMOWER an ant → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1899 — ANTIMIRE → ANTYMIRE an ant → Amer. dial.
1900 — EMMET-HILL an anthill → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 — ENEMY an ant; an insect → Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 — MERRATOO → MOORRATOW an ant → Sc.
1900 — YAMMET an ant → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1902 — HASSOCK an anthill → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1902 — IMOK an ant → Sc. (Bk.)
1904 — SCOTCH an ant → Sc. obs. (Bk.)
1911 — BLACK PISHMINNIE a black ant → Sc. (Bk.)
1916 — PIECE ANT an ant → Amer. dial.
1930 — ANTYPISSMIRE an ant → Amer. dial.
1931 — ANTSES ants → Amer. dial.
1931 — ANTYMAR an ant → Amer. dial.
1944 — ANT BUG an ant → Amer. dial.
1954 — PEE ANT a small ant → Amer. dial.
1960 — UNCLE a large ant → Amer. dial.
1965 — PISSY-ANT → PIZZY-ANT an ant → Amer. dial.
1968 — SADDLE-HORSE ANT a big black ant that stings → Amer. dial.
1969 — PISS UNCLE an ant → Amer. dial.
1991 — MYRMECOPHOBIA fear of ants (Bk.)
NOUNS, PERSON
1879 — MYRMECOLOGIST an expert in or a student of myrmecology, the study of ants
VERBS
1869 — THROW BATCHES to cut up and destroy anthills → Eng. dial.