armamentarium

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armamentarium

/ˌɑːməmənˈtɛəɹi.əm/ UK
/ˌɑːməˌmɛnˈ-/ UK
/ˌɑɹməmənˈtɛɹi.əm/ US
/ˌɑɹməˌmɛnˈ-/ US

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From Latin armāmentārium (“arsenal”), from armāmenta (“tools, equipment, rigging”) + -ārium. By surface analysis, armament + -arium.

noun armamentariums · armamentaria

All of the equipment available for carrying out a task, especially all the equipment used by a physician in the practice of medicine. Pendants round the neck, bangles round the wrists or ankles, potatoes or nutmegs in the pocket are as old or older than civilisation, carrying the same prophylactic magic as any juju in an African witchdoctor’s armamentarium.

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noun all of the equipment available for carrying out a task

Português	armamentário
Русский	инструмента́рий instrumentárij

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@misc{armamentarium_2026,
  title = {armamentarium},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/armamentarium},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}