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hermie en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈhɝmi/
  • /ˈhɜːmi/

Etymology

From hermit + -ie.

Meanings

  1. (childish, informal) A hermit crab.
    • […] she went right to work catching hermies in the millpond […] 2012, George Howe Colt, The Big House: A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home:
    • Your hermies need a second home to chill out in whenever they're sick or molting. 2011, Kelli A. Wilkins, Hermit Crabs For Dummies:

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hermie en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈhɝmi/
  • /ˈhɜːmi/

Etymology

From herm + -ie.

Meanings

  1. (informal) A hermaphrodite.
    • If a favorite variety tends to “go hermie", growers often pick out individual male flowers as they are discovered. Some growers let the pollen from these hermaphrodites fertilize females. 2002, Jorge Cervantes, Indoor Marijuana Horticulture, →ISBN:
    • 2007, KS Augustin, Hunted Hermaphrodite Lover, Challis Tower (publ.), →ISBN. Get rid of the hermie, get rid of the sex-starved engineer, jail the saboteur, write the reports, then sit back and enjoy the peace.

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