"pneumasis" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pneumases [plural]
Etymology: From pneuma + -sis. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|pneuma|-sis}} pneuma + -sis Head templates: {{en-noun|pneumases}} pneumasis (plural pneumases)
  1. A pocket of air, or, figuratively, something resembling a pocket of air.
    Sense id: en-pneumasis-en-noun-feT6oZ4V Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Later Temple could hear them outside her door, whimpering and scuffing, or, rushing thickly in when the negro maid opened the door, climbing and sprawling onto the bed and into Miss Reba's lap with wheezy, flatulent sounds, billowing into the rich pneumasis of her breast and tonguing along the metal tankard which she waved in one ringed hand as she talked.",
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