Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A room or apparatus used for fumigation.
- Having the quality of cleansing or disinfecting by smoke.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Having the quality of purifying by smoke.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having the quality of
purifying bysmoke .
Etymologies
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Compare French fumigatoire.
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Examples
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It is not merely that the most fumigatory parent dissuades his sons from the practice; but there is a more remarkable instance.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 50, December, 1861 Various
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There are more female lunatics chiefly because the fumigatory education of the fair sex has been neglected.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 50, December, 1861 Various
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And yet among the Mussulmans little or no precaution was taken; for although by a government order all the principal offices were provided with fumigatory boxes, they were seldom used.
The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, June 1844 Volume 23, Number 6 Various 1840
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