Associations to the word «Decumbiture»

Wiktionary

DECUMBITURE, noun. (obsolete) The fact of lying down, specifically of a person due to illness.
DECUMBITURE, noun. (astrology) (now historical) The time one takes to one's bed during an illness, as used for astrological prognostications; or a chart drawn up to express this.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.