обжорство

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word обжорство. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word обжорство, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say обжорство in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word обжорство you have here. The definition of the word обжорство will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofобжорство, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Russian

Russian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ru

Etymology

обжо́ра (obžóra) +‎ -ство (-stvo)

Pronunciation

Noun

обжо́рство (obžórstvon inan (genitive обжо́рства, nominative plural обжо́рства, genitive plural обжо́рств)

  1. (colloquial) gluttony
    • 1833, Александр Пушкин, “Том первый. Глава I”, in Дубровский; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., Dubrovsky, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2016:
      Несмотря́ на необыкнове́нную си́лу физи́ческих спосо́бностей, он ра́за два в неде́лю страда́л от обжо́рства и ка́ждый ве́чер быва́л навеселе́.
      Nesmotrjá na neobyknovénnuju sílu fizíčeskix sposóbnostej, on ráza dva v nedélju stradál ot obžórstva i káždyj véčer byvál naveselé.
      Despite an extraordinarily strong constitution, he suffered twice a week or so from his gluttony and was in his cups every evening.

Declension