supellectile
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- adjective Pertaining to household furniture; hence, ornamental.
- noun An article of household furniture; hence, an ornament.
Examples
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At times the river would rise in one of its periodical furies, and sweep away a pier or two with the superincumbent houses; at others the wooden supporters of the structure would catch fire by some untoward event, and the inhabitants had the choice of being fried or drowned, along with their penates and their supellectile property.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV.
Note
The word 'supellectile' comes from the Latin 'supellex', household utensils.
