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‖ thermæ, n. pl. Cl. Antiq.|ˈθɜːmiː|
[L. = ‘baths’: see therm n.1]
One of the public bathing establishments of the ancient Romans and Greeks; also, hot springs (? obs.).
1600Holland Livy, Summ. Mar. iv. xxv. 1382 Those places where they built these baines and hote houses, they call Thermæ. 1695Woodward Nat. Hist. Earth iii. i. 144 Thermæ, Natural Baths, or Hot-Springs. 1832Gell Pompeiana I. iv. 47 The baths or thermae. 1908Westm. Gaz. 31 Dec. 4/1 Unlike the thermæ of the élégants of Pompeii..the R.A.C. baths will have ample window space. |