Both Uses of
embryo
in
The Idiot
- The report was only partially true, the marriage project being only in an embryo condition; but a great change now came over Nastasia Philipovna.†
Chpt 1.4 *
- He knew well that Nastasia thoroughly understood him and where to wound him and how, and therefore, as the marriage was still only in embryo, Totski decided to conciliate her by giving it up.†
Chpt 1.4
Definitions:
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(1)
(embryo) an organism in the early stages of growth prior to birth, hatching, or sprouting; in humans the first eight weeks of development (prior to the fetal stage)
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Less commonly, Embryo can be a person's name.