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English
Etymology
From Latin flammivomus, from flamma (“flame”) + vomō, vomere (“vomit”, verb).
Pronunciation
Adjective
flammivomous (comparative more flammivomous, superlative most flammivomous)
- (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.