herm

noun

ˈhərm 

: a statue in the form of a square stone pillar surmounted by a bust or head especially of Hermes

Examples of herm in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This female image of fruitfulness is matched across the painting’s 10-foot expanse by a menacing herm of Pan — the god of the fields, symbol of fertility and, according to Plutarch, the only Greek deity who dies — peering out from the bushes. — Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2021

Word History

Etymology

Latin hermes, from Greek hermēs statue of Hermes, herm, from Hermēs

First Known Use

circa 1580, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for herm

• berm
• ferm
• firm
• germ
• sperm
• squirm
• term
• therm
• worm
• wurm
• affirm
• bookworm