vaporium

English

Etymology

From vape +‎ -orium or vapor +‎ -ium, or in sense 3, possibly a blend of vape +‎ emporium.

Noun

vaporium (plural vaporiums or vaporia)

1. A curved hollow metal sheet that is filled with boiling water and used for the therapeutic application of heat.
   • 1866, Boston Journal of Chemistry and Pharmacy - Volumes 1-2, (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 69:

     Dr. Felix Bricheteau, in the Bull. Gen. de Therup. for July, 1867 recommends the " vaporium," or chamber filled with the vapor of water in pulmonary consumption.

   • 1897, Charles Loomis Dana, Text-book of Nervous Diseases:

     Among the accessories may be a “vaporium,” devised by Dr. Percy Wilde for local application of heat or cold.

   • 2004, Dr. T. Jock Murray, Multiple Sclerosis: The History of a Disease, →ISBN, page 403:

     The vaporium designed by Dr. Percy Wilde was used to treat a limb afflicted with neurological symptoms.

2. A steam bath (room for taking steam baths).
   • 1859, Whellan T. and co, History and topography of the city of York:

     The flues for conveying the warm water into the sweating room, and the fireplace, were also found in a pretty perfect state, as well as a tesselated floor laid over hollow bricks planted round the circular vaporium.

   • 1877, Francis Bertier -, The Spas of Aix-les-Bains and Marlioz, Savoy, page 10:

     According to him, although Bareges and Luchon are in this category, they are much inferior to Aix, where one has a vaporium of 40° to 45° C. (104° to 112° Fahr.), and so large a quantity of water that the different bathing operations can be varied to any extent.

   • 1897, American Journal of Archaeology:

     In the west wing is the bathing establishment, consisting of anteroom with privies, the apodyterium, the semicircular basin, reached by three steps, the vaporium with heating pipes for warm and hot baths, and the boiler-room with vaulted furnace.

   • 1910, Pitts Edwin Howes, Journal of Therapeutics and Dietetics - Volume 4, page 157:

     Employed already in the times of remote antiquity in the vaporia and tepidoria of the ancients, it has to-day acquired novel attractions, since the firewood of bygone days and the alcohol of our forefathers have been replaced by gas and electricity; and especialliy since those famous hot air boxes, manufactured abroad and imported here, appeal to the patient by reason of their magnificent high degress of heat.

3. A shop where one can buy e-cigarettes and vaping paraphernalia, sometimes with a lounge for smoking them.
   • 2014 March 10, Dr. Oz, “Dr. Oz: Vaping isn't a good swap for smoking”, in Sarasota Herald-Tribune:

     Retail vaporiums sell flavored vapor cartridges -- with or without nicotine.

   • 2015, Elissa Bass, e-Cigarettes: The Risks of Addictive Nicotine and Toxic Chemicals, →ISBN:

     In the true spirit of entrepreneurship, vaporiums have been cropping up across the country.

   • 2015 January 24, Gregory Smith, “'Vaping' entrepreneurs, customers in Rhode Island find a place in a $3-Billion a year industry”, in The Providence Journal:

     Ocean State Vapes and VAPEsolutely! are among a number of vaping shops -- vaporiums, if you will -- that have popped up around the state.

   • 2017 April 19, Zeke Faux, Dune Lawrence, Jennifer Kaplan, “Vaping Venture Poses Potential Conflict for Trump's FDA Nominee”, in Bloomberg:

     From March 2015 to May 2016, Gottlieb was a director of Kure Corp., a Charlotte, North Carolina-based firm that distributes e-juices and vaping pens in coffeehouse-style lounges known as vaporiums.