- accubation
- The practice of eating or drinking while lying down
Grandiloquent dictionary. 2006.
accubation
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Accubation — Ac cu*ba tion ([a^]k*k[ u]*b[=a] sh[u^]n), n. [L. accubatio, for accubitio, fr. accubare to recline; ad + cubare to lie down. See {Accumb}.] The act or posture of reclining on a couch, as practiced by the ancients at meals. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
accubation — /ak ū bāˈshən/ noun A lying or reclining on a couch ORIGIN: L ad to, and cubāre to lie down … Useful english dictionary
accubation — noun /ˌɑ.kju. beɪ.ʃən/ The act or posture of reclining on a couch, as practiced by the ancients at meals. See Also: accumb, accumbent … Wiktionary
accubation — n. obsolete act or state of reclining at table; Medicine, accouchement … Dictionary of difficult words
Horizontality — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Horizontality >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 horizontality horizontality Sgm: N 1 flatness flatness Sgm: N 1 level level plane Sgm: N 1 stratum stratum &c. 204 Sgm: N 1 dead level dead level … English dictionary for students
Gesture — Ges ture, n. [LL. gestura mode of action, fr. L. gerere, gestum, to bear, behave, perform, act. See {Gest} a deed.] 1. Manner of carrying the body; position of the body or limbs; posture. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Accubation, or lying down at meals,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
accumbent — 1. adjective /əˈkʌmbənt/ a) Leaning or reclining, as the ancients did at their meals. b) Lying against anything, as one part of a leaf against another leaf See Also: accumb, accumbency, accubation, recumbent 2. noun … Wiktionary
lounging — Synonyms and related words: accubation, accumbency, accumbent, couchant, couche, crawling, dallying, dawdling, decumbency, decumbent, dillydallying, dolce far niente, draped, flat, goofing off, groveling, idling, lazing, lingering, loafing,… … Moby Thesaurus
lying — Synonyms and related words: accubation, accumbency, accumbent, couchancy, couchant, couche, crawling, credibility gap, debasement, deceit, deceitful, deceptive, decumbency, decumbent, delusive, delusory, depression, dishonest, dishonesty, draped … Moby Thesaurus
prostration — Synonyms and related words: accubation, accumbency, aching heart, adoration, adulation, adynamia, agony, agony of mind, anemia, anguish, apple polishing, ass kissing, atony, backscratching, bale, bend, bending the knee, bitterness, blah feeling,… … Moby Thesaurus
