ˈbombinate, v.
[f. L. bombināre a corrupt or doubtful variant of bombitāre, or bombizāre; see bombilate.]
To buzz, make a buzzing noise.
| [a 1553 Rabelais ii. vii, Questio subtilissima, utrum chimera in vacuo bombinans possit comedere secundas intentiones. (In ridicule of the subtle discussions of the Schoolmen.)] 1880 Swinburne Study Shaks. iii. 199 (ed. 2) As easy and as profitable a problem to solve the Rabelaisian riddle of the bombinating chimæra. 1880 Daily News 21 June The power of a chimæra bombinating in a vacuum to eat second intentions is scarcely less suggestive of a..solution. |