Word of the Day: Homunculus

ho·mun·cu·lus

[huh-muhng-kyuh-luhs, hoh-] Show IPA

noun, plural -li  [-lahy] Show IPA.

1. an artificially made dwarf, supposedly produced in a flask by an alchemist.
2. a fully formed, miniature human body believed, according to some medical theories of the 16th and 17th centuries, to be contained in the spermatozoon.
3. a diminutive human being.
4. the human fetus.
This word is hella funny to me…lol I love the way it sounds and at the same time, I get a slight tinge when I hear it…teehee

 

 

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