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-orium
suffix, the neuter sing. ending of L. adjs. in -ōrius (see -orious, -ory), used sbst. in the sense ‘place for or belonging to, thing used for, requisite’, as in auditōrium place for hearing, prætōrium general's tent, promontōrium headland, repositōrium dumb-waiter, scriptōrium writing-room, sensōrium organ of sensation (Boethius). The Eng. form of these words, taken through Norman Fr. -ori, is -ory; but some of the Latin words have been taken into historical or learned use in the L. form, as auditorium, prætorium, sanatorium, scriptorium, sensorium, and after these others, as haustorium, inclinatorium, inductorium, etc., have been formed as scientific terms. b. Now used, esp. in America, in many, often hybrid, formations, as barbatorium, bobatorium, healthatorium, etc.
1925Amer. Speech I. 38/2 Barbatorium, a barber shop. Bobatorium, a place where hair is bobbed. Healthatorium, synonymous for sanatorium. Infantorium, a sanatorium for infants... Motortorium, an automobile repair shop... Suitatorium, a place where suits are cleaned and pressed. [etc.]. 1943Ibid. XVIII. 71/1 Perhaps the following forms on the -orium ending have not previously been noted: furnitorium (a furniture store), hairitorium (a store dealing in wigs and hair goods), and puritorium (a Hebrew ritual bath). 1957Journal des Traducteurs II. 49 In recent decades advertisers intent on catching the public eye have freely exploited such suffixes as -orium..to form hairorium, meatorium, sportorium. 1959Times 28 Oct. 13/4 A market gardener in New South Wales..keeps a lonely stall bearing the notice ‘Potatorium’. Ibid. 31 Oct. 7/7 Lubritorium (United States) is, inevitably, not Latin. Ibid. 2 Nov. 13/4 Thirty years ago there was a ‘pantatorium’ in Cambridge (Mass.), which pressed pants..rapidly. 1963R. I. McDavid Mencken's Amer. Lang. 221 The former [-orium] has given lubritorium (the lubricating rack in a filling station), printorium, corsetorium, hotdogatorium, parentorium (a parent guidance center), puritorium (a Jewish ritual bath) and eatatorium. |