Definition of homunculus in English:

homunculus

(also homuncule)

nounPlural homunculi, Plural homunculeshɒˈmʌŋkjʊləs

1A very small human or humanoid creature.
矮人；矮类人动物
Example sentencesExamples
- Had Victor not abandoned his original mentors, necromancers like Paracelsus, Cornelius Agrippa, and Albertus Magnus, he might have created a harmless homunculus instead of the creature, who exacts revenge upon him.
- The story itself tells how lawyers from a big corporation try to muscle in on the momentous invention of an obscure homunculus, Charles Lang, whereby engines could run on plain tap water.
- The front desk was old-school, too - a weary homunculus behind a desk, reading a newspaper, fetching your key and your messages from the slots behind him.
- When I finally met the man, a pinched homunculus with nervous eyes and no eyebrows, he pushed me right out of his office.
- Yesterday afternoon I answered the doorbell and came face to face with an evil homunculus.
- In ‘Portrait of a Dwarf’, the homunculus stares back implacably at the viewer, returning our gaze while apparently indifferent to the upturned, writhing nude male in a glass cage to his left.
- As grubby and alcoholic as a homunculus can be, he is also a kind, sensitive soul and a musician of some talent.
- I mean, some parents actually post photos of these abominable homunculi, otherwise known as babies.
1. 1.1historical A microscopic but fully formed human being from which a fetus was formerly believed to develop.
  〈史〉雏型人（极小但已成型，以前认为胎儿由此而来）
  Example sentencesExamples
  There is no graphical representation - nothing like the tiny homunculus curled up in the head of a sperm which some of the earlier microscopists imagined they could see.
  We've moved from imagining a little homunculus lurking in the sperm to one hiding in the genome.
  In the caricatured version, preformationism has usually been ridiculed as the belief that a perfect homunculus lies within each sperm or egg cell.
  Yet other preformationists believed that the sperm contained the embryo and some even claimed to be able to see a tiny human - a homunculus - in the head of each human sperm.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Latin, diminutive of homo, homin- 'man'.

Rhymes

furunculous, ranunculus

Definition of homunculus in US English:

homunculus

noun

1A very small human or humanoid creature.
矮人；矮类人动物
Example sentencesExamples
- Had Victor not abandoned his original mentors, necromancers like Paracelsus, Cornelius Agrippa, and Albertus Magnus, he might have created a harmless homunculus instead of the creature, who exacts revenge upon him.
- As grubby and alcoholic as a homunculus can be, he is also a kind, sensitive soul and a musician of some talent.
- I mean, some parents actually post photos of these abominable homunculi, otherwise known as babies.
- Yesterday afternoon I answered the doorbell and came face to face with an evil homunculus.
- The story itself tells how lawyers from a big corporation try to muscle in on the momentous invention of an obscure homunculus, Charles Lang, whereby engines could run on plain tap water.
- In ‘Portrait of a Dwarf’, the homunculus stares back implacably at the viewer, returning our gaze while apparently indifferent to the upturned, writhing nude male in a glass cage to his left.
- The front desk was old-school, too - a weary homunculus behind a desk, reading a newspaper, fetching your key and your messages from the slots behind him.
- When I finally met the man, a pinched homunculus with nervous eyes and no eyebrows, he pushed me right out of his office.
1. 1.1historical A supposed microscopic but fully formed human being from which a fetus was formerly believed to develop.
  〈史〉雏型人（极小但已成型，以前认为胎儿由此而来）
  Example sentencesExamples
  In the caricatured version, preformationism has usually been ridiculed as the belief that a perfect homunculus lies within each sperm or egg cell.
  There is no graphical representation - nothing like the tiny homunculus curled up in the head of a sperm which some of the earlier microscopists imagined they could see.
  We've moved from imagining a little homunculus lurking in the sperm to one hiding in the genome.
  Yet other preformationists believed that the sperm contained the embryo and some even claimed to be able to see a tiny human - a homunculus - in the head of each human sperm.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Latin, diminutive of homo, homin- ‘man’.

词汇	homunculus
释义	Definition of homunculus in English: homunculus (also homuncule) nounPlural homunculi, Plural homunculeshɒˈmʌŋkjʊləs 1A very small human or humanoid creature. 矮人；矮类人动物 Example sentencesExamples Had Victor not abandoned his original mentors, necromancers like Paracelsus, Cornelius Agrippa, and Albertus Magnus, he might have created a harmless homunculus instead of the creature, who exacts revenge upon him. The story itself tells how lawyers from a big corporation try to muscle in on the momentous invention of an obscure homunculus, Charles Lang, whereby engines could run on plain tap water. The front desk was old-school, too - a weary homunculus behind a desk, reading a newspaper, fetching your key and your messages from the slots behind him. When I finally met the man, a pinched homunculus with nervous eyes and no eyebrows, he pushed me right out of his office. Yesterday afternoon I answered the doorbell and came face to face with an evil homunculus. In ‘Portrait of a Dwarf’, the homunculus stares back implacably at the viewer, returning our gaze while apparently indifferent to the upturned, writhing nude male in a glass cage to his left. As grubby and alcoholic as a homunculus can be, he is also a kind, sensitive soul and a musician of some talent. I mean, some parents actually post photos of these abominable homunculi, otherwise known as babies. 1.1historical A microscopic but fully formed human being from which a fetus was formerly believed to develop. 〈史〉雏型人（极小但已成型，以前认为胎儿由此而来） Example sentencesExamples There is no graphical representation - nothing like the tiny homunculus curled up in the head of a sperm which some of the earlier microscopists imagined they could see. We've moved from imagining a little homunculus lurking in the sperm to one hiding in the genome. In the caricatured version, preformationism has usually been ridiculed as the belief that a perfect homunculus lies within each sperm or egg cell. Yet other preformationists believed that the sperm contained the embryo and some even claimed to be able to see a tiny human - a homunculus - in the head of each human sperm. Origin Mid 17th century: from Latin, diminutive of homo, homin- 'man'. Rhymes furunculous, ranunculus Definition of homunculus in US English: homunculus noun 1A very small human or humanoid creature. 矮人；矮类人动物 Example sentencesExamples Had Victor not abandoned his original mentors, necromancers like Paracelsus, Cornelius Agrippa, and Albertus Magnus, he might have created a harmless homunculus instead of the creature, who exacts revenge upon him. As grubby and alcoholic as a homunculus can be, he is also a kind, sensitive soul and a musician of some talent. I mean, some parents actually post photos of these abominable homunculi, otherwise known as babies. Yesterday afternoon I answered the doorbell and came face to face with an evil homunculus. The story itself tells how lawyers from a big corporation try to muscle in on the momentous invention of an obscure homunculus, Charles Lang, whereby engines could run on plain tap water. In ‘Portrait of a Dwarf’, the homunculus stares back implacably at the viewer, returning our gaze while apparently indifferent to the upturned, writhing nude male in a glass cage to his left. The front desk was old-school, too - a weary homunculus behind a desk, reading a newspaper, fetching your key and your messages from the slots behind him. When I finally met the man, a pinched homunculus with nervous eyes and no eyebrows, he pushed me right out of his office. 1.1historical A supposed microscopic but fully formed human being from which a fetus was formerly believed to develop. 〈史〉雏型人（极小但已成型，以前认为胎儿由此而来） Example sentencesExamples In the caricatured version, preformationism has usually been ridiculed as the belief that a perfect homunculus lies within each sperm or egg cell. There is no graphical representation - nothing like the tiny homunculus curled up in the head of a sperm which some of the earlier microscopists imagined they could see. We've moved from imagining a little homunculus lurking in the sperm to one hiding in the genome. Yet other preformationists believed that the sperm contained the embryo and some even claimed to be able to see a tiny human - a homunculus - in the head of each human sperm. Origin Mid 17th century: from Latin, diminutive of homo, homin- ‘man’.
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