displuviate

[dis-ploo-vee-eyt]

adjective

(of the atrium of an ancient Roman house) having roofs sloping downward and outward from a central opening.

Origin:
< Latin displuviātus, equivalent to dis- dis-¹ + pluvi(a) rain + -ātus -ate¹

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Displuviate is always a great word to know.

So is doohickey. Does it mean:

an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.

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