| 释义 |
opsophagy nonce-wd.|ɒpˈsɒfədʒɪ|
[ad. Gr. ὀψοϕαγία, f. ὀψοϕάγ-ος an eater of dainties; f. ὄψον (see opsomania) + -ϕάγος eating, eater.]
The eating of dainties, esp. of fish. So opˈsophagist, an eater of dainties; opˈsophagize v. intr., to eat dainties.
1854Badham Halieut. 331 A favourite mets at most opsophagists' tables. Ibid. 519 Opsophagy again was necessarily confined to the rich. Ibid., At Corinth..the law enacted that none should ‘opsophagize’ but such as could prove their income sufficient to support the extravagance. |