Decuman
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈdɛkjʊmən/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Decuman is an adjective meaning (obsolete) Large; chief; applied to an extraordinary billow, supposed by some to be every tenth in sequence.
Meaning
(obsolete) Large; chief; applied to an extraordinary billow, supposed by some to be every tenth in sequence.
More Meanings
- (historical) Connected with the principal gate of an Ancient Roman camp, near which the tenth cohort of the legion was stationed.
- (obsolete) An extraordinarily large billow.
Example Sentences
decuman billows
Looking up suddenly, I found mine eyes / Confronted with the minster's vast repose. / Silent and gray as forest-leaguered cliff / Left inland by the ocean's slow retreat, / […] / Remembering shocks of surf that clomb and fell, / Spume-sliding down the baffled decuman, […]
Word Forms
- decumans
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include duodecimfid, decemplex, decimic, subdecuple, centifidous, duodecillionth.
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