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单词 colluviarium
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colluviariumn.

Etymology: alleged Latin < colluviēs, colluvium; but now considered to be an erroneous reading in Vitruvius.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: colluviˈarium.
a. ‘A channel or opening in an aqueduct for clearing away filth’ (Weale Dict. Terms, 1849).
b. figurative. [Cooper, Thesaur. has ‘Colluviarium, a sinke or gutter’.]
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1824 J. Gilchrist Etymol. Interpreter 68 Instead of the Parliament being that colluviarium of corruption, etc.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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