fidibus
noun
fid·i·bus
ˈfidəbəs
plural fidibuses or fidibus
: a paper spill for lighting pipes
Word History
Etymology
German (originally student slang), from Latin dative plural of fides lyre (a jocular allusion to a line of Horace); akin to Greek sphides sausage
- diphthongic
- diphthonging
- diphthongisation
- diphthongisations
- diphthongise
- diphthongised
- diphthongises
- diphthongising
- diphthongization
- diphthongizations
- diphthongize
- diphthongized
- diphthongizes
- diphthongizing
- diphthongs
- diphy-
- diphycercal
- diphycercy
- Diphyes
- diphygenic
- diphyletic
- Diphylla
- diphyllae
- diphyllas
- Diphylleia