fumatory

[ fyoo-muh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

adjective

of or relating to smoke, especially tobacco smoke, or to a place for smoking.
of or relating to fumigation.

noun,plural fu·ma·to·ries.

a place for smoking or fumigation.

Origin of fumatory

First recorded in 1700–10; from Latin fuma-, stem of fumare “to smoke” + -tory²; cf. fumatorium

Words Nearby fumatory

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How to use fumatory in a sentence

This fumatory process proceeded for some time, almost in silence.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 | Various

British Dictionary definitions for fumatory

fumatory

/ (ˈfjuːmətərɪ, -trɪ) /

adjective

of or relating to smoking or fumigation

nounplural -ries

another name for fumatorium

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