Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Middle English form of
home . - A Middle English form of
hem , obsolete objective plural ofhe . Seehe . - noun Same as
homa .
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Examples
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An ad hom is an attack on the person; at worst, that was an attack on your words, which i stand by.
The Volokh Conspiracy » It’s Not the Crime, It’s the Cover-Up — Sestak Edition 2010
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After, I marveled, and thought mayhap he had liked my playing; the Adept Stile has termed my hom a mellow saxophone.
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'If one of the Palafox bulls should break a hom slamming into the wooden wall or, like yesterday, simply refuses to fight.
Mexico Michener, James 1992
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After, I marveled, and thought mayhap he had liked my playing; the Adept Stile has termed my hom a mellow saxophone.
Unicorn Point Anthony, Piers 1989
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More than that, he realized, the hom was the seat of the unicorn's magic.
Juxtaposition Anthony, Piers 1982
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More than that, he realized, the hom was the seat of the unicorn's magic.
Juxtaposition Anthony, Piers 1982
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Makah is our word for cat, and 'hom' refers to either people or place, so we are the people or place of the cat, depending on the suffix.
Acorna's Rebels McCaffrey, Anne 2003
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To help restore democracy it is time for me to come hom, he said.
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You can easily spot most of them by the ad hom attacks on the OP, something Prof Bernstein is subjected to on nearly all hisposts.
The Volokh Conspiracy » How to Turn Good News into Bad News 2010
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Each has its own cadre of leftists who post insults, snark, ad hom and then run to the next post.
The Volokh Conspiracy » How to Turn Good News into Bad News 2010
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