flammivomous
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- null (adj) Vomiting flames, as a volcano.
Examples
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The sun, with rays flammivomous, beat on the blue-black sand; And sportive little Saurians disported on the strand; But oft the Iguanodon reproved them in their glee, And said, 'Alas! this Saurian Age is not what it should be!'
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Many people have been taking joy in hauling out existing, but rarer, words related to volcanism (or, in British English, vulcanism). These range from the very obscure phreatoplinian (a specialist term for a Plinian eruption combined with water vapor, resulting in the collapse of the eruption column) to the also-Icelandic jökulhlaup (a glacial outburst flood produced by a volcanic eruption). Also pulled from the archives were archaisms such as flammivomous (vomiting flames) as well as ordinary words seen in specialized contexts, such as the word plume in 'ash plume.'
Note
This word comes from the Latin 'flamma,' flame, plus 'vomere,' spew forth, discharge.
