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

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke