English Explanatory Dictionary

accumbent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Leaning or reclining, as the ancients did at their meals.
  2. Lying against anything, as one part of a leaf against another leaf
noun
  1. One who rests in an accumbent position, especially at table.

Pronunciation

/əˈkʌm.bənt/

Word forms

accumbent more accumbent most accumbent accumbents

Etymology

From Latin accumbō (“recline”), from ad- (“to”) + *cumbō (“recline”).

Related words

accumb accumbency accubation recumbent

Derived words

accumbently
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