thermae
/ˈθəːmiː
/plural noun
(In ancient Greece and Rome) hot baths used for public bathing.The city developed and exploited water on a vast scale, the aqueducts of imperial Rome furnishing supplies for 121 fountains, 11 imperial thermae, 926 public baths and assorted private establishments....
- The afternoons of Roman citizens were often spent in the thermae.
- This library was attached by Diocletian, as an ornament, to his thermae.
Origin
Latin, from Greek thermai 'hot baths', from thermē 'heat'.
Rhymes
- have eyes like a hawk
- have eyes like saucers
- have got
- have-got
- have (got) a good head on one's shoulders
- have (got) another think coming
- have got it bad (or badly)
- have (got) it in for
- have (got) it in one (to do something)
- have (got) it made
- have (got) no idea
- have (got) nothing on
- have (got) someone's back
- have (got) something on
- have (got) something on the brain
- have (got) something to oneself
- have (got) —— to do with
- have had a drop too much
- have had a good innings
- have had it
- have had it up to here
- have had one's chips
- have had one's (or its) day
- have it
- have it away (on one's toes)