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Russian
Etymology
обжо́ра (obžóra) + -ство (-stvo)
Pronunciation
Noun
обжо́рство • (obžórstvo) n inan (genitive обжо́рства, nominative plural обжо́рства, genitive plural обжо́рств)
- (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