discumbency

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A reclining position at a meal table, as was apparently the manner in old times such as in Ancient Rome.

Word forms

discumbency

Etymology

From Latin discumbens, present participle of discumbere. See discubitory.

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