RECUMBENTIBUS

PRONUNCIATION: (ri-kuhm-BEN-ti-buhs)

MEANING: noun: A knockdown blow.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin recumbere (recline, lie down again), from re- (back) + cumbere (to lie down), which also gave us incumbent, procumbent, and superincumbent. Earliest documented use: 1425.
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RECUMBEN-TABUS - lying down is definitely frowned upon among local customs

RECUMBEN-TITUS - the Emperor is quite lazy, notwithstanding his opening the Colisseum in Rome and visiting te victims of Pompeii

RE-COMB-ENT-IBUS - having one's hair styled again before entering the van full of Tolkien's tre-creatures

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