Gormandizer

  • 41gourmand — n 1. gastronome, epicure. See gourmet. 2. gormandizer, trencherman. See glutton …

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  • 42glutton — [n] person who overeats epicure, gorger*, gormandizer, gourmand, hefty eater, hog*, pig*, sensualist, stuffer*; concept 412 …

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  • 43hog — [n1] pig boar, cob roller*, oinker*, piggy, piglet, porker*, razorback, shoat, sow, swine, warthog; concepts 394,400 hog [n2] glutton cormorant, epicure, gorger*, gormandizer, gourmand, greedy eater, hefty eater, pig*, swine*; concept 412 hog [v] …

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  • 44gel-2 and gʷel- —     gel 2 and gʷel     English meaning: to devour     Deutsche Übersetzung: “verschlingen”     Note: the form with gʷ presumably after Osthoff IF. 4, 287, Zupitza Gutt. 86 through hybridization from gel with gʷer .     Material: A. certainly gel… …

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  • 45gem- —     gem     English meaning: to grab, grip; be full     Deutsche Übersetzung: “(with beiden Händen) greifen, fassen (Fessel), zusammendrũcken, pressen (clump, Kloß); hineinstopfen, vollpacken (Ladung, Gepäck)”, intr. “vollgepackt, voll sein,… …

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  • 46gras- : grō̆ s- —     gras : grō̆ s     English meaning: to gnaw, to devour     Deutsche Übersetzung: “fressen, knabbern”     Material: O.Ind. grásatē “gobbles (esp. from animals), devours” (*grasō), grüsa ḥ “ mouthful, morsel, bite of food “; Gk. γράω “ gnaw,… …

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  • 47(s)lr̥g- and sler- —     (s)lr̥g and sler     English meaning: expr. root, onomatopoeic words     Deutsche Übersetzung: Schallwurzel     Material: Gk. λάρυγξ, υγγος m. “gullet” (perhaps after φάρυγξ reshaped); Lat. lurco(r), üre, ürī ‘schlemmen, devour “, if auf… …

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  • 48gormandize — [gôr′mən dīz΄] n. [< Fr gourmandise < OFr gourmand: see GOURMAND] rare var. of GOURMANDISE vi., vt. gormandized, gormandizing [< GORMANDIZE the n.] to eat or devour like a glutton gormandizer n …

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  • 49gormandize — v. & n. (also ise) v. 1 intr. & tr. eat or devour voraciously. 2 intr. indulge in good eating. n. = GOURMANDISE. Derivatives: gormandizer n. Etymology: as GOURMANDISE …

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  • 50glut|ton — glut|ton1 «GLUHT uhn», noun. 1. a greedy eater; person who eats too much. SYNONYM(S): gormandizer. 2. Figurative. a person who never seems to have enough of something: »The Germans were sun gluttons, and they could be seen all over the hills,… …

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