liquamen

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noun

A fish sauce used in Ancient Rome.

OriginLatin liquamen →
Scrabble 19
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Meanings

nounliquamen (uncountable)
  1. historicaluncountableA fish sauce used in Ancient Rome.

    The kitchen maid would lay out the ingredients: bunches of herbs, a jar of cuminseeds, the bearded leeks, garlic, the honey jar, the olive-oil cruet—and, of course, the liquamen.

    2018, Betty Wason, Cooks, Gluttons and Gourmets: A History of Cookery

Origin

  1. Latinliquamen
  2. Englishliquamen

Borrowed from Latin liquamen.

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APA

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MLA

“liquamen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/liquamen. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “liquamen,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/liquamen.

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