lemming

A lemming.

Meaning

Noun

A small Arctic and Subarctic rodent from any of six genera of similar rodents.
Any member of a group given to conformity or groupthink, especially a group poised to follow a leader off a cliff.

Origin

From Danish and Norwegian lemming, from Old Norse lómundr, læmingi, læmingr, perhaps from luomek.

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