ingurgitate

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English

Etymology

From the participle stem of Latin ingurgitāre, from in- + gurges (whirlpool).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɪnˈɡɜː.dʒɪ.teɪt/

Verb

ingurgitate (third-person singular simple present ingurgitates, present participle ingurgitating, simple past and past participle ingurgitated)

  1. To swallow greedily or in large amounts.
    Synonyms: gulp, gorge, guzzle
    • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: , 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
      , II.ii.1.2:
      Nothing pesters the body and mind sooner than to be still fed, to eat and ingurgitate beyond all measure, as many do.
  2. (transitive) To swallow up, as in a gulf.
    • 1622, Fotherby, Atheom:
      If a man do but once set his appetite upon it , let him ingurgitate himself never so deep into it, yet shall he never be able to fill his desire with it.

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

ingurgitate

  1. inflection of ingurgitare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

ingurgitate f pl

  1. feminine plural of ingurgitato

Latin

Verb

ingurgitāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of ingurgitō

Spanish

Verb

ingurgitate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of ingurgitar combined with te