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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Archaic form of embryo. alt-of, archaic

Adjective

1. 1
   Embryonic. archaic

   "[F]our Champions fierce / Strive here for Maistrie, and to Battel bring / Thir embryon Atoms […]."

Synonyms

All synonyms

beginningbudconceptuseggfertilized egggerm

Example

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"[F]our Champions fierce / Strive here for Maistrie, and to Battel bring / Thir embryon Atoms […]."

Etymology

From Medieval Latin embryon, from Ancient Greek ἔμβρυον (émbruon, “newborn animal, embryo”).

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