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dis·cu·bito·ry

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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Discubitoryadjective

    Fitted to the posture of leaning.

    Etymology: discubitorius, Lat.

    After bathing they retired to bed, and refreshed themselves with a repast; and so that custom, by degrees, changed their cubiculary beds into discubitory. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours, b. v.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Discubitoryadjective

    leaning; fitted for a reclining posture

  2. Etymology: [L. discumbere, discubitum, to lie down, recline at table; dis- + cumbere (in comp.) to lie down.]

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of discubitory in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of discubitory in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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