voratore
Italian
Etymology
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From Late Latin vorātōrem, accusative case of vorātor.
Equivalent to vora(re) (“to devour, eat up”) + -tore (“-er”, agent noun suffix)
Pronunciation
Noun
voratore m (plural voratori, feminine voratrice) (obsolete, literary)
- devourer
- 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 for yourself a name as a great devourer.
- Synonyms: divoratore, mangiatore
- (figurative) destroyer, annihilator
- 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.
- Synonyms: annientatore, devastatore, distruttore
Related terms
Latin
Noun
(deprecated template usage) vorātōre m
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