Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Vomiting flames, as a volcano.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Vomiting flames, as a volcano.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective poetic Throwing up
flames , as avolcano does.
Etymologies
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Latin flammivomus; flamma flame + vomere to vomit.
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Examples
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The sun, with rays flammivomous, beat on the blue-black sand; And sportive little Saurians disported on the strand; But oft the Iguanodon reproved them in their glee, And said, "Alas! this Saurian Age is not what it should be!"
Dot and the Kangaroo Ethel C. Pedley 1889
imagistra commented on the word flammivomous
I absolutely love this word! Wish I were still teaching Latin as it's a great English derivative.
May 19, 2012