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Ignivomous, Ignivomous

May 26, 2010 Marc Abrahams

This month’s Word of the Day is: Ignivomous

Webster’s 1913 Dictionary:
Ignivomous
Ig`niv´o`mous
Vomiting fire.

Click here for a Vesuvian example from 1823.

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