consumingn.

Brit.

/kənˈsjuːmɪŋ/, U.S.

/kənˈs(j)umɪŋ/

Forms: see consume v.¹ and -ing suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: consume v.¹, -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < consume v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. Compare consumption n.

The action of consume v.¹ (in various senses); an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > devouring (of fire, etc.)

consuminga1398

consumptiona1398

devoration1528

devouring1577

consumation1586

obsorptionc1600

swallow1607

depredation1626

depastion1658

the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [noun]

overflowingnessOE

wastinga1300

prodigality1340

misdispendingc1390

misspendingc1390

fool-largessec1405

wantonness1448

fool-largec1450

dilapidationc1460

lavish1483

consuminga1538

profusion1545

sumptuosity1550

wastefulness1551

lashing1556

lavishing1574

profuseness1584

lavishness1590

misspense1591

wastening1604

outlashing1611

duck and drake1614

largesse1614

lavishment1630

squandering1632

prodigence1634

dissipation1639

wastry1645

profusiveness1655

high living1656

nepotation1656

extravagancy1666

extravagance1727

profligacy1792

squander1806

profligateness1817

wastrife1818

spendthriftism1862

wasterfulness1884

high-rolling1890

prodigalism1896

spendthriftiness1950

squanderbugging1966

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [noun] > waste

waste1297

spillingc1380

consuminga1538

profusion1545

lavishing1574

consumption1613

lavishment1630

frittering1795

uneconomicalness1817

wastry1830

wastage1885

ineconomy1897

haemorrhaging1967

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 206^v Brymstone..haþ vertu..of consumyng and wastyng [L. consumendi].

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 33 (MED) With white wyne & hony be þai cocte vnto consumyng of halfe.

a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 65 The consumyng of gold upon postys & wallys.

1555 R. Eden Of Pole Antartike in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 246 The tyme of theyr conflagration or consumyng by fyer.

1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. ii. xvi. 211 The remayne of these consumings.

a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1958) IX. 267 A consuming of the enemy, not a weakning only.

1757 Prostitutes of Quality 89 When once a true and ardent Flame has kindled up the Heart, though it may seem extinguish'd, there will remain some Embers, which with inward consumings destroy the very Vitals.

1864 A. C. Swinburne Atalanta 1951 My name that was a healing, it is changed. My name is a consuming.

1894 Times 15 Nov. 11/4 Their duty had more often been to remain silent, so as not to waste time, the consuming of which was the great enemy of popular reform.

1920 C. H. Parker Casual Laborer i. 58 Today industry produces goods that..are consumed by persons who are degraded by the consuming of them.

1940 Isis 31 380 Phthisis may be a more general name for all body wasting, and phthoë the consuming of the body by an ulceration.

2002 Outside Dec. 40/1 The Yanomami of the Amazon..still practice osteophagy, the consuming of the ground bones of one's relatives.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

consumingadj.

Brit.

/kənˈsjuːmɪŋ/, U.S.

/kənˈs(j)umɪŋ/

Forms: see consume v.¹ and -ing suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: consume v.¹, -ing suffix².

Etymology: < consume v.¹ + -ing suffix².

1. That consumes someone or something (in various senses).

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adjective] > devouring

nimminga1225

devouringa1382

swallowinga1400

whelmingc1440

consumingc1475

wide-mouthed1567

devoratory1647

consumptive1651

bloodsucking1658

involving1737

engulfing1761

c1475 ( Surg. Treat. in MS Wellcome 564 f. 97 (MED) Clisterijs and suppositorijs schulen be maad of medicyns þat ben stronge attractiuis, and stuphus schulen be maad of hote consumynge herbis.

c1475 (?a1440) B. Burgh Distichs of Cato (Rawl. C.48) l. 357, in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1905) 115 312 Which [sc. herbes] be consumyng and which be nutritive.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms xvii[i]. 8 A consumynge fyre.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. lvi. 83 Fretting and consuming sores.

1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. O8^v Consuming anguish, styptick bitternesse, Doth now so strangle their imperious will.

1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 Ded. sig. A2^v A consuming Pestilence, and a more consuming Fire.

1714 Q. Anne in London Gaz. No. 5204/2 They are Delivered from a Consuming Land-War.

1760 D. Webb Inq. Beauties Painting 161 A fine image of hopeless wretchedness, of consuming grief.

1863 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea I. xvii. 354 The consuming evil of a vast standing army.

1898 Argosy Aug. 175 There was little enough to eat, and but a drop of water to quench their consuming craving.

1905 W. J. Locke Morals of Marcus Ordeyne xii. 147 She has a consuming passion for petits chevaux.

1938 Times Lit. Suppl. 15 Jan. 43/1 Her spirit is..more fiery, its flame richer, more consuming..than before.

1990 Hindu (Madras) 25 Jan. 17/6 The..International Natural Rubber Agreement..under which consuming and producing countries agreed on an eight per cent rise in the reference price.

2000 A. Bourdain Kitchen Confid. (2001) 92 He's..the most stand-up guy I ever worked for. He inspires a strange and consuming loyalty.

a. That is on fire, blazing. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > [adjective] > consuming by fire > being consumed by fire

consuming1793

a1669 J. Denham in E. Harley Ess. composing Harmony between Psalms (1724) 176 Then shall consuming Sinners fade To Dust.

1793 Bee 25 Sept. 141 The villager sees all his hopes rise in the smoke of his consuming cabin.

1822 P. B. Shelley Hellas 26 Our noonday path..Was beacon'd..By our consuming transports.

1854 Old Arm-chair v. 108 As the faggots crackle and blaze up, the relatives toss bundle upon bundle of neatly bound up linen over and across the consuming man.

1901 Indiana Weekly Messenger 4 Sept. Seven children are out and safe on the ground, but one remains in the consuming building.

†b. Suffering from consumption. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > wasting disease > [adjective] > causing

wastinga1600

wastefula1616

syntectic1651

colliquative1666

consuming1699

forpining1818

1699 W. A. Cowley Voy. round Globe iii, in W. Hacke Coll. Orig. Voy. i. 14 A very sick Ship, no Man being free from the Scurvey, and in a consuming Condition.

1725 T. Tickell Lucy & Colin ii. 1/1 So droop'd the slow consuming Maid, Her Life now near it's end.

Derivatives

conˈsumingly adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adverb]

ruinouslyc1450

perniciously1533

consuminglya1542

wastefully?1567

locust-like1596

fatallya1616

extinctively1633

destructively1661

shatteringly1818

destroyingly1820

corrosively1831

a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) ccxlviii. 23 I dye, though not incontinent, By processe yet consumingly.

1616 T. Adams Sacrifice of Thankefulnesse Ep. Ded. sig. A2 Consumingly waste the drosse and rust of sinne.

1875 J. McCosh Sc. Philos. xvii. 110 He is consumingly earnest in visiting.

1998 Independent 30 Mar. ii. 2/5 The quick, anonymous, consumingly erotic, zipless fuck.

conˈsumingness n. rare

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > devouring (of fire, etc.) > that which devours (of fire, insects, etc.)

devouress1382

devourerc1385

wolfc1470

sarcophagus1619

consumingness1659

corroder1697

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > devouring (of fire, etc.) > devouring quality

throatc1230

consumingness1659

consumptibility1659

1659 J. Sparrow tr. J. Böhme Fifth Bk. Authour 123 The Fire giveth forth out of the Consumingness.

a1681 J. Pordage Theologia Mystica (1683) 118 This Fire-essence..in its Fierceness, Consumingness, and self-elevation.

1930 J. R. Earle tr. J. Boehme De Electione Gratiæ iii. §9 in De Electione Gratiæ & Quæstiones Theosophiæ 35 Anxiety..is the cause of both fires, viz. of the light-fire or love-fire and the painful fire of consumingness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	consuming
释义	consumingn. Brit. /kənˈsjuːmɪŋ/, U.S. /kənˈs(j)umɪŋ/ Forms: see consume v.¹ and -ing suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: consume v.¹, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < consume v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. Compare consumption n. The action of consume v.¹ (in various senses); an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > devouring (of fire, etc.) consuminga1398 consumptiona1398 devoration1528 devouring1577 consumation1586 obsorptionc1600 swallow1607 depredation1626 depastion1658 the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [noun] overflowingnessOE wastinga1300 prodigality1340 misdispendingc1390 misspendingc1390 fool-largessec1405 wantonness1448 fool-largec1450 dilapidationc1460 lavish1483 consuminga1538 profusion1545 sumptuosity1550 wastefulness1551 lashing1556 lavishing1574 profuseness1584 lavishness1590 misspense1591 wastening1604 outlashing1611 duck and drake1614 largesse1614 lavishment1630 squandering1632 prodigence1634 dissipation1639 wastry1645 profusiveness1655 high living1656 nepotation1656 extravagancy1666 extravagance1727 profligacy1792 squander1806 profligateness1817 wastrife1818 spendthriftism1862 wasterfulness1884 high-rolling1890 prodigalism1896 spendthriftiness1950 squanderbugging1966 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [noun] > waste waste1297 spillingc1380 consuminga1538 profusion1545 lavishing1574 consumption1613 lavishment1630 frittering1795 uneconomicalness1817 wastry1830 wastage1885 ineconomy1897 haemorrhaging1967 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 206^v Brymstone..haþ vertu..of consumyng and wastyng [L. consumendi]. ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 33 (MED) With white wyne & hony be þai cocte vnto consumyng of halfe. a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 65 The consumyng of gold upon postys & wallys. 1555 R. Eden Of Pole Antartike in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 246 The tyme of theyr conflagration or consumyng by fyer. 1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. ii. xvi. 211 The remayne of these consumings. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1958) IX. 267 A consuming of the enemy, not a weakning only. 1757 Prostitutes of Quality 89 When once a true and ardent Flame has kindled up the Heart, though it may seem extinguish'd, there will remain some Embers, which with inward consumings destroy the very Vitals. 1864 A. C. Swinburne Atalanta 1951 My name that was a healing, it is changed. My name is a consuming. 1894 Times 15 Nov. 11/4 Their duty had more often been to remain silent, so as not to waste time, the consuming of which was the great enemy of popular reform. 1920 C. H. Parker Casual Laborer i. 58 Today industry produces goods that..are consumed by persons who are degraded by the consuming of them. 1940 Isis 31 380 Phthisis may be a more general name for all body wasting, and phthoë the consuming of the body by an ulceration. 2002 Outside Dec. 40/1 The Yanomami of the Amazon..still practice osteophagy, the consuming of the ground bones of one's relatives. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). consumingadj. Brit. /kənˈsjuːmɪŋ/, U.S. /kənˈs(j)umɪŋ/ Forms: see consume v.¹ and -ing suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: consume v.¹, -ing suffix². Etymology: < consume v.¹ + -ing suffix². 1. That consumes someone or something (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adjective] > devouring nimminga1225 devouringa1382 swallowinga1400 whelmingc1440 consumingc1475 wide-mouthed1567 devoratory1647 consumptive1651 bloodsucking1658 involving1737 engulfing1761 c1475 ( Surg. Treat. in MS Wellcome 564 f. 97 (MED) Clisterijs and suppositorijs schulen be maad of medicyns þat ben stronge attractiuis, and stuphus schulen be maad of hote consumynge herbis. c1475 (?a1440) B. Burgh Distichs of Cato (Rawl. C.48) l. 357, in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1905) 115 312 Which [sc. herbes] be consumyng and which be nutritive. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms xvii[i]. 8 A consumynge fyre. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. lvi. 83 Fretting and consuming sores. 1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. O8^v Consuming anguish, styptick bitternesse, Doth now so strangle their imperious will. 1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 Ded. sig. A2^v A consuming Pestilence, and a more consuming Fire. 1714 Q. Anne in London Gaz. No. 5204/2 They are Delivered from a Consuming Land-War. 1760 D. Webb Inq. Beauties Painting 161 A fine image of hopeless wretchedness, of consuming grief. 1863 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea I. xvii. 354 The consuming evil of a vast standing army. 1898 Argosy Aug. 175 There was little enough to eat, and but a drop of water to quench their consuming craving. 1905 W. J. Locke Morals of Marcus Ordeyne xii. 147 She has a consuming passion for petits chevaux. 1938 Times Lit. Suppl. 15 Jan. 43/1 Her spirit is..more fiery, its flame richer, more consuming..than before. 1990 Hindu (Madras) 25 Jan. 17/6 The..International Natural Rubber Agreement..under which consuming and producing countries agreed on an eight per cent rise in the reference price. 2000 A. Bourdain Kitchen Confid. (2001) 92 He's..the most stand-up guy I ever worked for. He inspires a strange and consuming loyalty. 2. a. That is on fire, blazing. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > [adjective] > consuming by fire > being consumed by fire consuming1793 a1669 J. Denham in E. Harley Ess. composing Harmony between Psalms (1724) 176 Then shall consuming Sinners fade To Dust. 1793 Bee 25 Sept. 141 The villager sees all his hopes rise in the smoke of his consuming cabin. 1822 P. B. Shelley Hellas 26 Our noonday path..Was beacon'd..By our consuming transports. 1854 Old Arm-chair v. 108 As the faggots crackle and blaze up, the relatives toss bundle upon bundle of neatly bound up linen over and across the consuming man. 1901 Indiana Weekly Messenger 4 Sept. Seven children are out and safe on the ground, but one remains in the consuming building. †b. Suffering from consumption. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > wasting disease > [adjective] > causing wastinga1600 wastefula1616 syntectic1651 colliquative1666 consuming1699 forpining1818 1699 W. A. Cowley Voy. round Globe iii, in W. Hacke Coll. Orig. Voy. i. 14 A very sick Ship, no Man being free from the Scurvey, and in a consuming Condition. 1725 T. Tickell Lucy & Colin ii. 1/1 So droop'd the slow consuming Maid, Her Life now near it's end. Derivatives conˈsumingly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adverb] ruinouslyc1450 perniciously1533 consuminglya1542 wastefully?1567 locust-like1596 fatallya1616 extinctively1633 destructively1661 shatteringly1818 destroyingly1820 corrosively1831 a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) ccxlviii. 23 I dye, though not incontinent, By processe yet consumingly. 1616 T. Adams Sacrifice of Thankefulnesse Ep. Ded. sig. A2 Consumingly waste the drosse and rust of sinne. 1875 J. McCosh Sc. Philos. xvii. 110 He is consumingly earnest in visiting. 1998 Independent 30 Mar. ii. 2/5 The quick, anonymous, consumingly erotic, zipless fuck. conˈsumingness n. rare ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > devouring (of fire, etc.) > that which devours (of fire, insects, etc.) devouress1382 devourerc1385 wolfc1470 sarcophagus1619 consumingness1659 corroder1697 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > devouring (of fire, etc.) > devouring quality throatc1230 consumingness1659 consumptibility1659 1659 J. Sparrow tr. J. Böhme Fifth Bk. Authour 123 The Fire giveth forth out of the Consumingness. a1681 J. Pordage Theologia Mystica (1683) 118 This Fire-essence..in its Fierceness, Consumingness, and self-elevation. 1930 J. R. Earle tr. J. Boehme De Electione Gratiæ iii. §9 in De Electione Gratiæ & Quæstiones Theosophiæ 35 Anxiety..is the cause of both fires, viz. of the light-fire or love-fire and the painful fire of consumingness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1398adj.c1475
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