WORD OF THE DAY: MARINORAMA

​MARINORAMA
 
NOUN
a panoramic representation of sea views; a representation of this ...1832
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ETYMOLOGY
from marine + -orama, after panorama

FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1832 - Marin'orama. Sea views
From: The Etymological Spelling Book and Expositor: Being an Introduction to the Spelling, Pronunciation, and Derivation of the English Language
- Henry Butter
 
EXAMPLE
"...We were at the water’s edge; the ripples warily climbed the coral terrace below us; the sea fell bravely upon the reef with a low and soothing moan; a passion-vine that half veiled the tranquil marinorama bathed its splendid blossoms in the afterglow..."
From: South-Sea Idyls
- Charles Warren Stoddard, 1873