Definition of Posum
Pos"sum (?), n. [Shortened from
opossum.] (Zoöl.) An opossum. [Colloq.
U. S.]
To play possum, To act possum,
to feign ignorance, indifference or inattention, with the intent
to deceive; to dissemble; -- in allusion to the habit of the opossum,
which feigns death when attacked or alarmed.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- any of marsupials in several families of the order Diprotodontia of Australia and neighboring islands.
- (colloquial): popular form for the opossums, the marsupials of the family Didelphidae of the Americas
Latin
- I am able; I can
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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