flammivomous

flammivomous

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

flammivomous (comparative more flammivomous, superlative most flammivomous)

1. (poetic) Throwing up flames, as a volcano does.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of W. Thompson. (1745) to this entry?)

   • John Dyer

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

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for flammivomous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)