flammivomous

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fləˈmɪvəməs/

Adjective

flammivomous (comparative more flammivomous, superlative most flammivomous)

  1. (poetic) Throwing up flames, as a volcano does.
    • 1745, William Thompson, Sickness: A Poem:
      Ha! down a burning mount
      I plunge deep, deep: sure Vulcan's shop is here—
      Hark, how the anvils thunder round the dens
      flammivomous!

References

flammivomous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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