discumbency

== English == === Etymology === From Latin discumbens, present participle of discumbere. See discubitory. === Noun === discumbency (uncountable) (archaic) A reclining position at a meal table, as was apparently the manner in old times such as in Ancient Rome. === References === “discumbency”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.