Associations to the word «Decuman»

Wiktionary

DECUMAN, adjective. (obsolete) large; chief; applied to an extraordinary billow, supposed by some to be every tenth in order.
DECUMAN, noun. (obsolete) An extraordinarily large billow.

Wise words

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