voracious+eater
31guzzlers — n. voracious eater, glutton; one who drinks to excess …
32gel-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… …
33gem- — 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,… …
34gras- : 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,… …
35(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… …
36epicure — [ep′i kyoor΄] n. [< L Epicurus < Gr Epikouros: see EPICURUS] 1. a person who enjoys and has a discriminating taste for fine foods and drinks 2. Archaic a person who is especially fond of luxury and sensuous pleasure SYN. an EPICURE is a… …
37shark — shark1 sharklike, adj. /shahrk/, n. any of a group of elongate elasmobranch, mostly marine fishes, certain species of which are large, voracious, and sometimes dangerous to humans. [1560 70; orig. uncert.] shark2 /shahrk/, n. 1. a person who… …
38literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
39tiger shark — a large shark, Galeocerdo cuvieri, inhabiting warm seas, noted for its voracious habits. [1775 85] * * * Potentially dangerous shark (Galeocerdo cuvieri, family Carcharhinidae), found worldwide in warm oceans, from the shoreline to the open sea.… …
40Charles Domery — (c. 1778 – after 1800), also known as Charles Domerz, was a Polish soldier, noted for his unusually large appetite. Serving in the Prussian Army against France during the War of the First Coalition, he found that the rations of the… …
