-orium
English
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edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɔːrɪəm/
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edit-orium (plural -oriums or -oria)
- forming nouns denoting a place for a particular function.
- 1933 July 9, Ellis Parker Butler, “Enough Is Sufficient”, in Los Angeles Times, volume LII, page 6, columns 2–3:
- “It’s a pickle jar,” said Alice. “It’s one of the new kind called a pickelorium.”