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Webster 1913 Edition


Flammivomous

Flam-miv′o-mous

,
Adj.
[L.
flammivomus
;
flamma
flame +
vomere
to vomit.]
Vomiting flames, as a volcano.
W. Thompson. (1745).

Webster 1828 Edition


Flammivomous

FLAMMIV'OMOUS

,
Adj.
[L. flamma and vomo, to vomit.] Vomiting flames, as a volcano.

Definition 2024


flammivomous

flammivomous

English

Adjective

flammivomous (comparative more flammivomous, superlative most flammivomous)

  1. (poetic) Throwing up flames, as a volcano does.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of W. Thompson. (1745) to this entry?)
    • John Dyer
      Ha! down a burning mount
      I plunge deep, deep: sure Vulcan's shop is here—
      Hark, how the anvils thunder round the dens
      flammivomous!