Meanings
- uncountableSynonym of tadpolehood.
With such a source of wealth in one's pocket one would begin to live; all previous existence would be tadpolism, now only would one stretch out legs and arms and begin to jump.
1887, Sabine Baring-Gould, John Herring1 more example
When I first met Damon, his nursery days of tadpolism were long ago past. He was out in the world, his own master, and pretended to forget that he was ever a tadpole, with enormous head and belly and a long tail.
1867, John Townsend Trowbridge, Lucy Larcom, Gail Hamilton, Our Young Folks, volume 3, page 323Synonyms: tadpolehood
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of tadpolehood.
Origin
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tadpolism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tadpolism
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