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decuman

decuman

English

Adjective

decuman (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) large; chief; applied to an extraordinary billow, supposed by some to be every tenth in sequence.
    • Gauden
      such decuman billows

Noun

decuman (plural decumans)

  1. (obsolete) An extraordinarily large billow.
    • Lowell
      the baffled decuman