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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.