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decuman.

Large; chief; applied to an extraordinary billow, supposed by some to be every tenth in sequence.

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Meaning & usage

adj/ˈdɛkjʊmən/
  1. Large; chief; applied to an extraordinary billow, supposed by some to be every tenth in sequence.

    not-comparable · obsolete
  2. Connected with the principal gate of an Ancient Roman camp, near which the tenth cohort of the legion was stationed.

    historical · not-comparable
Where this word comes from

From Latin decumānus (“of the tenth, and by metonymy, large”), from decem (“ten”).

noun/ˈdɛkjʊmən/
  1. An extraordinarily large billow.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Latin decumānus (“of the tenth, and by metonymy, large”), from decem (“ten”).

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