Herm definition

hûrmə
hermae herms
See word origin
Frequency:
A rectangular, often tapering stone post bearing a carved head or bust, usually of Hermes, used as a boundary marker in ancient Greece and for decorative purposes in later periods.
noun
1
0
A square pillar of stone topped by a bust or head, originally of Hermes: such pillars were used as milestones, signposts, etc. in ancient Greece.
noun
0
0
A rectangular pillar bearing a bust of Hermes, once used as a boundary marker and later as decoration.
noun
0
0
Abbreviation of hermaphrodite.
abbreviation
0
0
(sometimes pejorative) A hermaphrodite.
noun
0
0
Advertisement
One of the the Channel Islands and part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey.
pronoun
0
0
A commune in the Landes department in Aquitaine in south-western France.
pronoun
0
0

Other Word Forms

Noun

Singular:
herm
Plural:
hermae, herms

Origin of herm

  • Latin hermēs, herma from Greek hermēs from Hermēs Hermes

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Hermaphroditus, originally a male Aphrodite (Aphroditus) and represented as a herm.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Hermes

    From Wiktionary

Herm Sentence Examples

  • This Cyprian Aphrodite is the same as the later Hermaphroditos, which simply means Aphroditos in the form of a herm (see Hermae), and first occurs in the Characteres (16) of Theophrastus.

  • We sal lock ye in the chaumer here an she wul no can herm ye.â An thay did juist that.

  • The herm is a dry work and the head upon the coins shows various degrees of idealization.

More sentences

Related articles

Also Mentioned In

Words near herm in the Dictionary