EGAVE

decuman

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Meaning

  1. adjective Large; chief; applied to an extraordinary billow, supposed by some to be every tenth in sequence.
  2. adjective Connected with the principal gate of an Ancient Roman camp, near which the tenth cohort of the legion was stationed.
  3. noun An extraordinarily large billow.

Similar words

duodecimfid decemplex decimic subdecuple centifidous duodecillionth duodecimic decenary undecillionth duodenary

Often followed by

gate

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