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Webster 1913 Edition

Flammivomous

Flam-miv′o-mous

,

Adj.

[L.

flammivomus

;

flamma

flame +

vomere

to vomit.]

Vomiting flames, as a volcano.

W. Thompson. (1745).

Webster 1828 Edition

Flammivomous

FLAMMIV'OMOUS

,

Adj.

[L. flamma and vomo, to vomit.] Vomiting flames, as a volcano.

Definition 2024

flammivomous

flammivomous

English

Adjective

flammivomous ‎(comparative more flammivomous, superlative most flammivomous)

(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!