antipodt

An obsolete form of antipode. antipodal (an-tip'ō-dal), a. [ The mingling of antipodal races. G. P. Lathrop , Spanish Vistas, p. 104. Hence-2. At the opposite end or extreme; diametrically opposite. A place so antipodal to New England ways and ideas as was Vicksburg in that day. The Century , XXIII. 163. A horseman clatters over the loose planks of the bridge, while his antipodal shadow glides silently over the mirrored bridge below. Lowell, Fireside Travels, p. 19. Also antipodic , anti pod i cal . Antipodal cells, in bot., the two cells which are formed by the nuclei at the base of the embryonal sac and opposite to the nuclei which, after fertilization, become the oospore. Antipodal heresy, the heresy of the an tip odists. See an tip odist. The positive a ertion, with indignant comment, that De Morgan, N. and Q., 6th ser., XII. 53. Virgil (Bishop antipode (an'ti-pod), n.; pl. antipodes (-podz), usually as Latin antipodes (an-tip'ō-dēz). [Formerly also antipod, rarely antipos; The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary antipode In tale or history your beggar is ever the just antipode to your king. Lamb , Decay of Beggars. Balance-loving Nature Made all things in pairs, To every foot its antipode . Emerson , Merlin, ii. antipodean (an-tip-o-de'an), a. Pertaining to the antipodes; antipodal. as antipodes (an-tip'ō-dēz), n. pl. [L. (in ME. L.), Your Antipodes are a good rascally sort of topsie turvy Fellows- If I had a Bumper I'd stand upon my Head and drink a Health to 'em. Congreve , Way of the World, iv. 10. 2. Two places on the surface of the globe diametrically opposite to each other; the coun 249