ingurgitate

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
17
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/ɪnˈɡɜː.dʒɪ.teɪt/ (UK)

Definition of ingurgitate

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. To swallow greedily or in large amounts.
    “Nothing pesters the body and mind sooner than to be still fed, to eat and ingurgitate beyond all measure, as many do.”
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verb

  1. To swallow greedily or in large amounts.
    “Nothing pesters the body and mind sooner than to be still fed, to eat and ingurgitate beyond all measure, as many do.”
  2. (transitive)To swallow up, as in a gulf.
    “If a man do but once set his appetite upon it [pleasure], let him ingurgitate himself never so deep into it, yet shall he never be able to fill his desire with it.”

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Etymology

From the participle stem of Latin ingurgitāre, from in- + gurges (“whirlpool”).

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