voratore

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Late Latin vorātōrem. By surface analysis, vora(re) (to devour, eat up) +‎ -tore (-er, agent noun suffix).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /vo.raˈto.re/
  • Rhymes: -ore
  • Hyphenation: vo‧ra‧tó‧re

Noun

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voratore m (plural voratori, feminine voratrice) (obsolete, literary)

  1. devourer
    Synonyms: divoratore, mangiatore
    • c. 1800, Giuseppe Parini, Il giorno [The Day], Luigi Mussi, published 1803, Mattino, page 48:
      Dunque a la mensa, o tu schifo rifuggi
      ogni vivanda, e te medesmo rendi
      per inedia famoso, o nome acquista
      d'illustre voratore. []
      Therefore, at the table, you either disdainfully refuse any food, and make yourself known for your inedia, or you make a name for yourself as a great devourer.
  2. (figurative) destroyer, annihilator
    Synonyms: annientatore, devastatore, distruttore
    • 1850, Giosuè Carducci, “In morte di ricca e bella signora [For the Death of a Fair and Wealthy Lady]”, in Levia Gravia[1], collected in Poesie, Nicola Zanichelli, published 1906, page 295:
      Devoti essi a la livida
      colpa ed al vorator morbo son già.
      They already are devout to the livid guilt and the devastating illness.
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Latin

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Noun

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vorātōre m

  1. ablative singular of vorātor