termitary

[ tur-mi-ter-ee ]

noun

, plural ter·mi·ta·ries.

1. termitarium.

Word History and Origins

Origin of termitary¹

First recorded in 1900–05; termite + -ary

Example Sentences

Concrete and steel were the substances of a victor culture, and the huge termitary cities of Japan were rebuilt with them.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sontag gives a wry account of the uses of photography in China, where "candid" shots are considered insulting and counterrevolution ary; there, photography, like every other mode of language, exists mainly to propagate ideology, and every image must be wholesome, posed, evenly lit, smiling; the camera is Big Brother's eye on the happy termitary.

From Time Magazine Archive

Two years ago he pronounced life in Manhattan "nasty and brutish," denounced the city as "a termitary" and fled to England.

From Time Magazine Archive

"There is such a thing as too much couth," said the author, returning to the termitary.

From Time Magazine Archive

We're hardly on the fringe of the termitary yet—and I want to get at the heart of it, and into the depths far beneath it.

From Project Gutenberg