pelma

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek.

Noun

pelma (plural pelmata)

  1. (zoology) The undersurface of the foot.

Synonyms

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for pelma in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Spanish

Etymology

Uncertain. Cf. Ancient Greek πέλμα (pélma). Or a shortening of pelmazo, possibly from Latin pegma, from Ancient Greek πῆγμα (pêgma). Cf. also Romanian piemn, pielm.

Noun

pelma m or f (plural pelmas)

  1. (colloquial) bore
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