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‖ homuncio|həʊˈmʌnsɪəʊ|
[L. dim. of homo, homin-, man.]
= homuncule.
1643Prynne Sov. Power Parl. App. 153 An hundred Homuncioes more or lesse. 1650Bulwer Anthropomet. 253 Such an Homencio was Mr. Jefferies the late Queens Dwarfe. 1753Ess. Celibacy 64 Producing an homuncio by the laws of matter and motion. 1802Bentham Wks. (1838–43) XI. 129 But it is something for an Homuncio like myself to put all these potentates into jeopardy. |