Визначення слова «atomy» мовою англійська

noun

1. (archaic) A floating mote or speck of dust.

   • 1880, Richard Francis Burton, The Kasidah, London: H. S. Nichols, 1894, p. 7, The marvel is that man can smile dreaming his ghostly ghastly dream;— Better the heedless atomy that buzzes in the morning beam!

2. (archaic) An indivisible particle.

3. (archaic) A tiny being; a very small person.

noun

1. (archaic) A skeleton.

   • 1728, John Gay, The Beggar’s Opera, Dublin: George Risk et al., Act II, Scene 1, p. 67, I could not save him from those fleaing Rascals the Surgeons; and now, poor Man, he is among the Otamys [sic] at Surgeon's Hall.

adjective

1. Resembling a tiny particle; made up of tiny particles.

   • 1894, Richard Henry Savage, The Princess of Alaska, Chicago and New York: Rand, McNally, Book 2, Chapter 8, p. 235, […] the atomy speck, hurled through space, which we mortals call the world!