BOMBINATE

BOMBINATE Bom "bi *nate, v. i.

bombinate

bom bi nate |ˈbämbəˌnāt ˈbɑmbəneɪt | ▶verb [ no obj. ] literary buzz; hum: (as adj. bombinating ) : her head had become a bombinating vacuum. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from medieval Latin bombinat- ‘buzzed, ’ from the verb bombinare, from Latin bombus ‘humming ’ (see bombard ).

bombinate

bombinate |ˈbɒmbɪneɪt | ▶verb [ no obj. ] literary buzz; hum. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from medieval Latin bombinat- ‘buzzed ’, from the verb bombinare, from Latin bombus ‘humming ’ (see bombard ).