Verbarium
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌvɜːˈbɛəɹi.əm/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Verbarium is a noun meaning (dated) A word game in which the players are given a set of letters and must form as many words as possible from subsets of those letters.
Meaning
(dated) A word game in which the players are given a set of letters and must form as many words as possible from subsets of those letters.
Example Sentences
We have played Verbarium with great pleasure, dividing the company into two sections or sides.
[…] next she would play euchre twenty minutes; next it would be a game of verbarium, and so on all the day long—twenty minutes to each fleeting interest, with twenty minutes of billiards sandwiched between every two of them.
Related Words
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