pismire

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pismire

/ˈpɪsmaɪə(ɹ)/

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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.

noun pismires

archaic, dialectal 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,

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@misc{pismire_2026,
  title = {pismire},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pismire},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}