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antipodes

English

Etymology

From Latin, from Ancient Greek ????????? (antípodes), from ???? (antí, “opposite”) + ????? (pódes), plural of ???? (poús, “foot”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /æn?t?p.??diz/
  • (plural of antipode) IPA(key): /?æn.t?.po?dz/

Noun

antipodes (uncountable)

  1. The place on the diametrically opposite side of the earth from a given point.
    • 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act V Scene 1
      We should hold day with the Antipodes,
      If you would walk in absence of the sun.
  2. The Southern Hemisphere.
    • […] a delighted shout from the children swung him toward the door again. His sister, Mrs. Gerard, stood there in carriage gown and sables, radiant with surprise. ¶ "Phil!  You!  Exactly like you, Philip, to come strolling in from the antipodes—dear fellow!" recovering from the fraternal embrace and holding both lapels of his coat in her gloved hands.
  3. (Britain, now rare) Australia and New Zealand.
  4. (figuratively, by extension) The opposite of something.
  5. plural of antipode

Derived terms

  • at antipodes
  • antipodean

Related terms

References

Anagrams

  • Pintadoes, pintadoes

French

Noun

antipodes m pl

  1. plural of antipode

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antinodes

English

Noun

antinodes

  1. plural of antinode

Anagrams

  • anointeds, innodates, insonated

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