See Also: peon(dictionary)
peon(dictionary)

sememe (iou) and peon (oh)


sememe (iou)



sememe noun. E20.
[formed as SEME + -EME.]
Linguistics. A unit of meaning; the unit of meaning carried by a morpheme.
se'memic adjective of or pertaining to a sememe M20.
se'memically adverb M20.

peon (oh)



[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Portuguese; Origin: pe?o and French pion, from Medieval Latin pedo; PAWN1]
informal someone who does boring or physically hard work for low pay - used humorously
someone in Mexico or South America who works as a type of slave to pay back debts