Word Meanings - GORMANDIZER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A greedy, voracious eater; a gormand; a glutton.

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• GLUTTONY
  Excess in eating; extravagant indulgence of the appetite for food; voracity. Their sumptuous gluttonies, and gorgeous feasts. Milton.
• GORMANDIZE
  To eat greedily; to swallow voraciously; to feed ravenously or like a glutton. Shak.
• GORMANDER
  See N
• GREEDY-GUT
  A glutton. Todd.
• GLUTTONOUS
  Given to gluttony; eating to excess; indulging the appetite; voracious; as, a gluttonous age. -- Glut"ton*ous*ly, adv. -- Glut"ton*ous*ness, n.
• EATER
  One who, or that which, eats.
• GLUTTONIZE
  To eat to excess; to eat voraciously; to gormandize. Hallywell.
• GORMANDIZER
  A greedy, voracious eater; a gormand; a glutton.
• GORMAND
  A greedy or ravenous eater; a luxurious feeder; a gourmand. (more info) gourmacher to eat improperly, F. gourme mumps, glanders, Icel. gormr mud, mire, Prov. E. gorm to smear, daub; all perh. akin to E. gore
• GLUTTONISH
  Gluttonous; greedy. Sir P. Sidney.
• GORMANDISM
  Gluttony.
• GLUTTON
  A carnivorous mammal , of the family Mustelidæ, about the size of a large badger. It was formerly believed to be inordinately voracious, whence the name; the wolverene. It is a native of the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia. Glutton
• GREEDY
  gredi, AS. grdig, grdig; akin to D. gretig, OS. grdag, OHG. grtag, Dan. graadig, OSw. gradig, grdig, Icel. graugr, Goth. grdags greedy, 1. Having a keen appetite for food or drink; ravenous; voracious; very hungry; -- followed by of; as, a lion
• VORACIOUS
  Greedy in eating; very hungry; eager to devour or swallow; ravenous; gluttonous; edacious; rapacious; as, a voracious man or appetite; a voracious gulf or whirlpool. Dampier. -- Vo*ra"cious*ly, adv. -- Vo*ra"cious*ness, n.
• OVERGREEDY
  Excessively greedy.
• BLEATER
  One who bleats; a sheep. In cold, stiff soils the bleaters oft complain Of gouty ails. Dyer.
• REPEATER
  One who, or that which, repeats. Specifically: A watch with a striking apparatus which, upon pressure of a spring, will indicate the time, usually in hours and quarters. A repeating firearm. An instrument for resending a telegraphic message
• BEE-EATER
  A bird of the genus Merops, that feeds on bees. The European species is remarkable for its brilliant colors. An African bird of the genus Rhinopomastes.
• TREATER
  One who treats; one who handles, or discourses on, a subject; also, one who entertains.
• BEATER
  1. One who, or that which, beats. 2. A person who beats up game for the hunters. Black.
• SWEATER
  1. One who sweats. 2. One who, or that which, causes to sweat; as: A sudorific. A woolen jacket or jersey worn by athletes. An employer who oppresses his workmen by paying low wages.
• THEATER; THEATRE
  1. An edifice in which dramatic performances or spectacles are exhibited for the amusement of spectators; anciently uncovered, except the stage, but in modern times roofed. 2. Any room adapted to the exhibition of any performances before
• MAN-EATER
  One who, or that which, has an appetite for human flesh; specifically, one of certain large sharks (esp. Carcharodon Rondeleti); also, a lion or a tiger which has acquired the habit of feeding upon human flesh.
• TOADEATER
  A fawning, obsequious parasite; a mean sycophant; a flatterer; a toady. V. Knox. You had nearly imposed upon me, but you have lost your labor. You're too zealous a toadeater, and betray yourself. Dickens. (more info) alleged practice
• CRABEATER
  The cobia. An etheostomoid fish of the southern United States (Hadropterus nigrofasciatus). A small European heron .
• BEEFEATER
  An African bird of the genus Buphaga, which feeds on the larvæ of botflies hatched under the skin of oxen, antelopes, etc. Two species are known. (more info) 1. One who eats beef; hence, a large, fleshy person. 2. One of the yeomen of the guard,
• HEATER
  1. One who, or that which, heats. 2. Any contrivance or implement, as a furnace, stove, or other heated body or vessel, etc., used to impart heat to something, or to contain something to be heated. Feed heater. See under Feed.