† discumbencen.
Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
The action of reclining or lying down. Cf. discumbency n.
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the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of lying down or reclining > [noun]
lairc893
lying?c1225
reclination1556
discubation1641
discumbing1641
decumbence1646
decumbency1646
discumbency1646
recubation1646
recumbency1646
discumbiture1655
discubiture1656
discumbence1656
decubation1664
decumbiture1670
recumbence1670
decubitus1879
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Discumbence, a sitting upon a bed, a lying down to sleep, a sitting down at Table. [Also in later dictionaries.]
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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