Antipode

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Antipode \An"ti*pode\, n.
     One of the antipodes; anything exactly opposite.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           In tale or history your beggar is ever the just
           antipode to your king.                   --Lamb.


     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: The singular, antipode, is exceptional in formation,
           but has been used by good writers. Its regular English
           plural would be [a^]n"t[i^]*p[=o]des, the last syllable
           rhyming with abodes, and this pronunciation is
           sometimes heard. The plural form (originally a Latin
           word without a singular) is in common use, and is
           pronounced, after the English method of Latin,
           [a^]n*t[i^]p"[-o]*d[=e]z.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  antipode
       n : direct opposite; "quiet: an antipode to focused busyness"