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Italian
Etymology
From Late Latin vorātōrem. By surface analysis, vora(re) (“to devour, eat up”) + -tore (“-er”, agent noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vo.raˈto.re/
- Rhymes: -ore
- Hyphenation: vo‧ra‧tó‧re
Noun
voratore m (plural voratori, feminine voratrice) (obsolete, literary)
- devourer
- Synonyms: divoratore, mangiatore
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 a name for yourself as a great devourer.
- (figurative) destroyer, annihilator
- Synonyms: annientatore, devastatore, distruttore
1850, Giosuè Carducci, “In morte di ricca e bella signora [For the Death of a Fair and Wealthy Lady]”, in Levia Gravia, 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.
Anagrams
Latin
Noun
vorātōre m
- ablative singular of vorātor