pismire
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈpɪsmaɪə(ɹ)/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English pissemyre, equivalent to piss + mire (“ant”). So called due to the smell of anthills. Compare English pissant, Old Frisian pisimme, Dutch pismiere, Swedish pissmyra.
- An ant.
“Why looke you, I am whipt and ſcourg'd with rods, Netled, and ſtung with piſmires, when I heare Of this vile polititian, Bullingbrooke,”
“Much there is not of wonder in the confused Houses of Pismires, though much in their busie life and actions […]”