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displuviate

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dis⋅plu⋅vi⋅ate

  [dis-ploo-vee-eyt]
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–adjective
(of the atrium of an ancient Roman house) having roofs sloping downward and outward from a central opening.
Origin:
< L displuviātus, equiv. to dis- dis- 1 + pluvi(a) rain + -ātus -ate 1
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