Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. rare An orphanage.
Etymologies
- Apparently from orphan + -arium. First attested in the American animated sitcom Futurama. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Leaves, leaves, leaves covered the air, and the nymphs came and went or disappeared as it came behind one tree, and another appeared with its bark that sickened like a charcoal orphanarium, over the hills we go, to grandma's house.”
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