decuman Meaning, Definition & Usage

Dec"u*man adjective

Etymology

L. decumanus of the tenth, and by metonymy, large, fr. decem ten.

Definitions

1. Large; chief; -- applied to an extraordinary billow, supposed by some to be every tenth in order. R. Also used substantively. "Such decuman billows." Gauden. "The baffled decuman." Lowell.