Flammivomous

//fləˈmɪvəməs// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Throwing up flames, as a volcano does. poetic

    "Ha! down a burning mount I plunge deep, deep: sure Vulcan's shop is here— Hark, how the anvils thunder round the dens flammivomous!"

Synonyms

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igniferous

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"Ha! down a burning mount I plunge deep, deep: sure Vulcan's shop is here— Hark, how the anvils thunder round the dens flammivomous!"

Etymology

From Latin flammivomus, from flamma (“flame”) + vomō, vomere (“vomit”, verb).

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