discubitory

adjective

1. leaning; fitted for a reclining posture

   obsolete, rare

   […]for Lucullus his discubitory beds were adorned with purple; and himselfe served in dishes of gold and silver[…]

Where it comes from

From Latin discumbere, discubitum (“to lie down, recline at table”), from dis- + cumbere (“(in comparative) to lie down”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry discubitory (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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