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stillicidium

stillicidium noun: a morbid trickling.

Noun

stillicidium (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) A morbid trickling.
  2. (historical) An urban servitude in Ancient Rome, where a proprietor was not allowed to build to the extremity of his estate, but must leave a space regulated by the charter by which the property was held, so as not to throw the eavesdrop on the land of his neighbour.
    Synonyms:
    stillicide

Synonyms of stillicidium

Origin of stillicidium

From Latin stillicidium.

Questions about stillicidium

What does stillicidium mean?
Stillicidium means a morbid trickling.
What part of speech is stillicidium?
Stillicidium is a noun.

Words near stillicidium in the dictionary

  1. stilliard
  2. stilliards
  3. stillicide
  4. stillicides
  5. stillicidious
  6. stillicidium
  7. stillier
  8. stilliest
  9. stilliform
  10. stilling
  11. stillingia

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