Word Meanings - GORMAND - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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

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• RAVENOUS
  1. Devouring with rapacious eagerness; furiously voracious; hungry even to rage; as, a ravenous wolf or vulture. 2. Eager for prey or gratification; as, a ravenous appetite or desire. -- Rav"en*ous*ly, adv. -- Rav"en*ous*ness, n.
• SMEAR DAB
  The sand fluke .
• IMPROPERLY
  In an improper manner; not properly; unsuitably; unbecomingly.
• SMEARED
  Having the color mark ings ill defined, as if rubbed; as, the smeared dagger moth .
• LUXURIOUS
  Of or pertaining to luxury; ministering to luxury; supplied with the conditions of luxury; as, a luxurious life; a luxurious table; luxurious ease. " Luxurious cities. " Milton. -- Lux*u"ri*ous*ly, adv. -- Lux*u"ri*ous*ness, n.
• SMEARCASE
  Cottage cheese.
• SMEAR
  akin to D. smeren, OHG. smirwen, G. schmieren, Icel. smyrja to 1. To overspread with anything unctuous, viscous, or adhesive; to daub; as, to smear anything with oil. "Smear the sleepy grooms with blood." Shak. 2. To soil in any way;
• GOURMET
  A connoisseur in eating and drinking; an epicure.
• GREEDY-GUT
  A glutton. Todd.
• EATER
  One who, or that which, eats.
• MUMPS
  Sullenness; silent displeasure; the sulks. Skinner. 2. Etym: (more info) 1. pl.
• GOURMAND
  A greedy or ravenous eater; a glutton. See Gormand. That great gourmand, fat Apicius B. Jonson.
• GLANDERS
  A highly contagious and very destructive disease of horses, asses, mules, etc., characterized by a constant discharge of sticky matter from the nose, and an enlargement and induration of the glands beneath and within the lower jaw. It
• FEEDER
  An auxiliary part of a machine which supplies or leads along the material operated upon. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, gives food or supplies nourishment; steward. A couple of friends, his chaplain and feeder. Goldsmith. 2. One
• SMEARY
  Tending to smear or soil; adhesive; viscous. Rowe.
• 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
• BESMEAR
  To smear with any viscous, glutinous matter; to bedaub; to soil. Besmeared with precious balm. Spenser.
• OVERGREEDY
  Excessively greedy.
• BESMEARER
  One that besmears.
• 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.
• ASMEAR
  Smeared over. Dickens.
• 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.
• ILLUXURIOUS
  Not luxurious. Orrery.