solarium
noun/səˈlɛəɹ.i.əm/
Etymology Borrowed from Latin sōlārium (“sundial, place for enjoying sunlight”), from sōl (“sun”) + -ārium (“-arium: indicating related places or devices”).
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Canada, US A room, rooftop, balcony, or terrace, used for its abundant sunlight, especially when used as a medical treatment.
- My brother kept a health-lift a few years ago... and then he had a blue-glass solarium.1891, Edward Eggleston, The Faith Doctor, page 289:
- The solariums on the roofs of the houses of the ancient Greeks and Romans testify to the benefits obtained by them from sun baths.1894 September 20, The Voice
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- The Greeks had their helioses and the Romans their solaria; yet heliotherapy has as yet scarcely emerged from the most empiric of performances into the dignity of a scientifically justified or rationalized procedure.1925, Hobart Amory Hare, Progressive Medicine, page 219:
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UK Synonym of tanning salon, a room or business used for its sunlamps or tanning beds.
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An earthen structure constructed by certain ants for the purpose of brood incubation.
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Archaic Synonym of sundial.
- […] this solarium being made for a different meridian […]1842, William Smith, A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquity, page 487:
- […] lifting his eyes from the solarium set under the aplustre for reference in keeping the course...1880, Lew Wallace, Ben-Hur, page 142: