ferruminate
transitive verb
fer·ru·mi·nate
fəˈrüməˌnāt
-ed/-ing/-s
: to join together (as metals) : solder
ferrumination noun
⸗ˌ⸗⸗ˈnāshən
plural -s
Word History
Etymology
Latin ferruminatus, feruminatus, past participle of ferruminare, feruminare, from ferrumin-, ferrumen, ferumin-, ferumen solder, glue; perhaps akin to Latin firmus firm
First Known Use
circa 1623, in the meaning defined above
- sphericest
- sphericities
- sphericity
- spherics
- spherier
- spheriest
- spheriform
- sphering
- sphero-
- spherocrystal
- spherocytes
- spherograph
- spheroid
- spheroidal
- spheroidal galaxy
- spheroidal recovery
- spheroidal state
- spheroidally
- spheroidical
- spheroidically
- spheroidicities
- spheroidicity
- spheroidise
- spheroidised
- spheroidises