Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of reclining at meals, according to the manner of the ancients.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of reclining at table according to the manner of the ancients at their meals.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
reclining at table according to the manner of theancients at theirmeals .
Etymologies
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From Latin discumbens, present participle of discumbere. See discubitory.
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