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skoramis

skoramis noun: a chamber pot.

Noun

skoramis

  1. A chamber pot.
    • Quick march! for Xanthippe, my housemaid, / If once on your pates she a souse made / With what, pan or pot, bowl or skoramis / First comes to her hand — things were more amiss!1876, Robert Browning, Of Pacchiarotto, and How He Worked in Distemper, section XXVII
    • I have never acknowledged printed praise though sometimes I longed to embrace the glowing image of this or that paragon of discernment; and I have never bothered to lean out of my window and empty my skoramis on some poor hack's pate.1962, Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire

Origin of skoramis

From Ancient Greek σκωραμίς (skōramís).

Questions about skoramis

What does skoramis mean?
Skoramis means a chamber pot.
What part of speech is skoramis?
Skoramis is a noun.

Words near skoramis in the dictionary

  1. skoptic
  2. Skoptic syndrome
  3. Skoptsy
  4. Skora
  5. Skoracki
  6. skoramis
  7. Skoras
  8. skordalia
  9. skordhalia
  10. skorodite
  11. skorpion

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