Definition
A skeleton or a creature that is extremely thin and bony; an archaic word for a tiny creature or atom.
Etymology
From atom, influenced by anatomy. A Middle English and Early Modern English term that meant an extremely small or insignificant person, or literally a skeleton-like being.
Kelly Says
In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Queen Mab's chariot is pulled by an atomy—a tiny creature so small it could fit through a hole in a dormouse's ear! It's a wonderfully strange word for the skeleton-thin.
Translations
ARالعربية
atomي
ah-toh-mee
CACatalà
atòmic
ah-toh-mik
CSČeština
atomový
ah-toh-moh-vee
DADansk
atomisk
ah-toh-mis-k
DEDeutsch
atomisch
ah-toh-mee-sh
ELΕλληνικά
ατομικός
ah-toh-mee-kos
ESEspañol
atómico
ah-toh-mee-koh
FRFrançais
atomique
ah-toh-mee-k
HUMagyar
atomos
ah-toh-mos
IDBahasa Indonesia
atomik
ah-toh-mik
ITItaliano
atomico
ah-toh-mee-koh
MSBahasa Melayu
atomik
ah-toh-mik
NLNederlands
atoom
ah-toom
NONorsk
atomisk
ah-toh-mis-k
PLPolski
atomowy
ah-toh-moh-vee
PTPortuguês
atômico
ah-toh-mee-koh
RORomână
atomic
ah-toh-mik
RUРусский
атомный
ah-tom-nyy
SVSvenska
atomisk
ah-toh-mis-k
SWKiswahili
atomi
ah-toh-mee
TRTürkçe
atomik
ah-toh-mik
UKУкраїнська
атомний
ah-tom-nyy
VITiếng Việt
nguyên tử
nguyên-tử