skoramis

English

From Ancient Greek σκωραμίς (skōramís).

skoramis

A chamber pot.
- 1876, Robert Browning, "Of Pacchiarotto, and How He Worked in Distemper", XXVII:
  Quick march! for Xanthippe, my housemaid, / If once on your pates she a souse made / With what, pan or pot, bowl or skoramis / First comes to her hand — things were more amiss!
- 1962, Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire:
  I have never acknowledged printed praise though sometimes I longed to embrace the glowing image of this or that paragon of discernment; and I have never bothered to lean out of my window and empty my skoramis on some poor hack's pate.

单词	skoramis
释义	skoramis English Etymology From Ancient Greek σκωραμίς (skōramís). Noun skoramis A chamber pot. 1876, Robert Browning, "Of Pacchiarotto, and How He Worked in Distemper", XXVII: Quick march! for Xanthippe, my housemaid, / If once on your pates she a souse made / With what, pan or pot, bowl or skoramis / First comes to her hand — things were more amiss! 1962, Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire: I have never acknowledged printed praise though sometimes I longed to embrace the glowing image of this or that paragon of discernment; and I have never bothered to lean out of my window and empty my skoramis on some poor hack's pate. Anagrams komissar
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