flammivomous

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/fləˈmɪvəməs/

adjective

Throwing up flames, as a volcano does.

OriginLatin flammivomus →
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Meanings

adjectiveflammivomous (comparative more flammivomous, superlative most flammivomous)

comparative more flammivomous · superlative most flammivomous

  1. poeticThrowing up flames, as a volcano does.

    Ha! down a burning mount I plunge deep, deep: sure Vulcan's shop is here— Hark, how the anvils thunder round the dens flammivomous!

    1745, William Thompson, Sickness: A Poem

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
igniferous

Origin

  1. Latinflammivomus
  2. Englishflammivomous

From Latin flammivomus, from flamma (“flame”) + vomō, vomere (“vomit”, verb).

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Chicago

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