abominable snowman
English
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Etymology
[edit]First attested in 1921. Calque of Tibetan མི་སྡུག་གངས་མི (mi sdug gangs mi), from མི་སྡུག (mi sdug, “repulsive, unlovely, ugly, hideous”) and གངས་མི (gangs mi, “snowman”).
Pronunciation
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[edit]abominable snowman (plural abominable snowmen)
- (cryptozoology, often capitalized) A humanoid or apelike animal said to exist in the Himalayas.
- 2003, Margaret Atwood, Oryx and Crake, Virago Press (2013), page 8:
- The Abominable Snowman – existing and not existing, flickering at the edges of blizzards, apelike man or manlike ape, stealthy, elusive, known only through rumours and through its backward-pointing footprints.
Synonyms
[edit]Translations
[edit]humanoid or apelike animal said to exist in the Himalayas
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