Meanings
- A chamber pot.
Quick march! for Xanthippe, my housemaid, / If once on your pates she a souse made / With what, pan or pot, bowl or skoramis / First comes to her hand — things were more amiss!
1876, Robert Browning, Of Pacchiarotto, and How He Worked in Distemper, section XXVII1 more example
I have never acknowledged printed praise though sometimes I longed to embrace the glowing image of this or that paragon of discernment; and I have never bothered to lean out of my window and empty my skoramis on some poor hack's pate.
1962, Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire
Origin
- Ancient Greekσκωραμίς
- Englishskoramis
From Ancient Greek σκωραμίς (skōramís).
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skoramis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skoramis
“skoramis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skoramis. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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