cormorantn.

/ˈkɔːmərənt/

Forms: Middle English–1500s cormaraunt(e, cormera(u)nt(e, cormoraunt, Middle English cormerawnt(e, ( kormorount, cormirande), 1500s carmorant(e, -aunt(e, -an, cormrant, 1500s–1600s cormorand(e, 1500s– cormorant.

Etymology: < French cormoran, in 15th cent. cormaran , cosmaran (Littré), 16th cent. cormarain , -merant ; still with fishermen cormaran , -marin ; apparently altered from an Old French *corp-marin < Latin corvus marīnus sea-raven (occurring in the Reichenau Glosses of 8th cent.); whence also Provençal corpmari , Catalan corbmari , Portuguese corvomarinho . The ending is identified by Hatzfeld and Thomas with that in faucon moran , which they think to be a derivative of Breton mor sea, and so = marin . In the earliest known English examples, the French -an is already corrupted to -ant , as in peasant , pheasant , tyrant , etc.: see -ant suffix³.Under the influence of etymological fancies, the word was sometimes altered to corvorant (Latin vorānt-em devouring); see also corn-vorant n.1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 409/1 To content the greedinesse of that corvorant generation of Romanists.1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (1768) II. 476 Genus xxv. Corvorant. Note, The learned Dr. Kay, or Caius, derives the word Corvorant from Corvus vorans, from whence corruptly our word Cormorant.1802 G. Montagu Ornithol. Dict. I. Corvorant, the Corvorant is subject to much variety, both in size and colour.

1. A large and voracious sea-bird ( Phalacrocorax carbo), about 3 feet in length, and of a lustrous black colour, widely diffused over the northern hemisphere and both sides of the Atlantic. Also the name of the genus, including about 25 species, some of which are found in all maritime parts of the world.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Pelecaniformes > [noun] > family Phalacrocoracidae > member of (cormorant)

cormorantc1320

plungeon1480

gormaw?a1513

scart1513

sea-coot1575

sea-crow1579

scrath16..

sea-raven1611

sea-drake1632

storta1661

scarf1668

diver1766

Isle of Wight parson1806

c1320 Orpheo 296 in Ritson Met. Rom. II. 260 Of game they fonde grete haunt, Fesaunt, heron, and cormerant.

c1381 G. Chaucer Parl. Foules 362 The hote cormeraunt of glotonye.

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Lev. xi. 18 A swan, a cormaraunt [a1425 L.V. cormoraunt].

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 93 Cormerawnte, corvus marinus.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 155 Cormerant, a cormeraunt.

?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Civ The cormorande, le cormorain.

1610 Histrio-mastix iii. 100 The Callis Cormorants from Dover roade Are not so chargeable as you to feed.

1658 A. Marvell Unfort. Lover in Poems (1870) 243 A numerous fleet of corm'rants black.

1744 J. Thomson Winter in Seasons (new ed.) 199 The Cormorant on high Wheels from the Deep.

1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. xii. 256 One day I observed a cormorant playing with a fish which it had caught.

a. figurative. An insatiably greedy or rapacious person. Also with qualification, as money-cormorant.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > excessive consumption of food or drink > [noun] > gluttony > glutton

glutton?c1225

glutc1394

globberc1400

glofferc1440

gluttoner1482

gourmanda1492

ravener1496

belly1526

golofer1529

lurcher1530

cormorant1531

flesh-fly1532

full-belly1536

belly-godc1540

flap-sauce1540

gourmander1542

gully-gut1542

locust1545

glosser1549

greedy-guts1550

hungry gut1552

belly-slave1562

fill-belly1563

grand paunch1569

belly-paunch1570

belly-swainc1571

trencher-slave1571

slapsauce1573

gorche1577

helluo1583

gormandizer1589

eat-all1598

engorger1598

guts1598

guller1604

gourmandist1607

barathrum1609

eatnell1611

snapsauce1611

Phaeacian?1614

gutling1617

overeater1621

polyphage1623

tenterbelly1628

gut-head1629

stiffgut1630

gobble-guts1632

gulist1632

polyphagian1658

fill-paunch1659

gype1662

gulchin1671

stretch-gut1673

gastrolater1694

gundy-gut1699

guttler1732

gobbler1755

trencher-hero1792

gorger1817

polyphagist1819

battenera1849

stuff-guts1875

chowhound1917

gannet1929

Billy Bunter1939

guzzle-guts1959

garbage can1963

foodaholic1965

1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. xxi. sig. fiv^v To whiche carmorantes, neither lande, water, ne ayre, mought be sufficient.

1592 R. Greene Quip for Vpstart Courtier sig. B2 They were Cormorants and vserers, that gathered it to fill their cofers with.

1660 T. Willsford Scales Commerce & Trade i. ii. 99 There would be many money-cormorants, and their profit great.

1693 W. Congreve Old Batchelour i. i. 4 Why what a Cormorant in Love am I!

1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. i. 207 His treasur'd stores these Cormorants consume.

1809 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) V. 155 We must look a little after these cormorants of Romana.

b. Said of qualities, things, etc.

ΚΠ

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II ii. i. 38 Light vanitie insatiate cormorant, Consuming meanes soone praies vpon it selfe.

1712 J. Arbuthnot Law is Bottomless-pit iv. 11 Law is a Bottomless-Pit, it is a Cormorant, a Harpy, that devours every thing.

1784 Unfortunate Sensibility I. 51 I..suppose the cormorant time may have devoured them.

3. attributive.

ΚΠ

1568 T. Howell Newe Sonets (1879) 124 Cressus he that cormrant King.

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 51 No stigian vengaunce lyke too theese carmoran haggards.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) i. i. 119 The Cormorant belly.

1726 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius (ed. 2) iv. 17 A cormorant head of a college.

1786 A. M. Bennett Juvenile Indiscretions V. 216 A peevish discontented sister and her cormorant companion.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	cormorant
释义	cormorantn. /ˈkɔːmərənt/ Forms: Middle English–1500s cormaraunt(e, cormera(u)nt(e, cormoraunt, Middle English cormerawnt(e, ( kormorount, cormirande), 1500s carmorant(e, -aunt(e, -an, cormrant, 1500s–1600s cormorand(e, 1500s– cormorant. Etymology: < French cormoran, in 15th cent. cormaran , cosmaran (Littré), 16th cent. cormarain , -merant ; still with fishermen cormaran , -marin ; apparently altered from an Old French corp-marin < Latin corvus marīnus* sea-raven (occurring in the Reichenau Glosses of 8th cent.); whence also Provençal corpmari , Catalan corbmari , Portuguese corvomarinho . The ending is identified by Hatzfeld and Thomas with that in faucon moran , which they think to be a derivative of Breton mor sea, and so = marin . In the earliest known English examples, the French -an is already corrupted to -ant , as in peasant , pheasant , tyrant , etc.: see -ant suffix³.Under the influence of etymological fancies, the word was sometimes altered to corvorant (Latin vorānt-em devouring); see also corn-vorant n.1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 409/1 To content the greedinesse of that corvorant generation of Romanists.1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (1768) II. 476 Genus xxv. Corvorant. Note, The learned Dr. Kay, or Caius, derives the word Corvorant from Corvus vorans, from whence corruptly our word Cormorant.1802 G. Montagu Ornithol. Dict. I. Corvorant, the Corvorant is subject to much variety, both in size and colour. 1. A large and voracious sea-bird ( Phalacrocorax carbo), about 3 feet in length, and of a lustrous black colour, widely diffused over the northern hemisphere and both sides of the Atlantic. Also the name of the genus, including about 25 species, some of which are found in all maritime parts of the world. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Pelecaniformes > [noun] > family Phalacrocoracidae > member of (cormorant) cormorantc1320 plungeon1480 gormaw?a1513 scart1513 sea-coot1575 sea-crow1579 scrath16.. sea-raven1611 sea-drake1632 storta1661 scarf1668 diver1766 Isle of Wight parson1806 c1320 Orpheo 296 in Ritson Met. Rom. II. 260 Of game they fonde grete haunt, Fesaunt, heron, and cormerant. c1381 G. Chaucer Parl. Foules 362 The hote cormeraunt of glotonye. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Lev. xi. 18 A swan, a cormaraunt [a1425 L.V. cormoraunt]. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 93 Cormerawnte, corvus marinus. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 155 Cormerant, a cormeraunt. ?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Civ The cormorande, le cormorain. 1610 Histrio-mastix iii. 100 The Callis Cormorants from Dover roade Are not so chargeable as you to feed. 1658 A. Marvell Unfort. Lover in Poems (1870) 243 A numerous fleet of corm'rants black. 1744 J. Thomson Winter in Seasons (new ed.) 199 The Cormorant on high Wheels from the Deep. 1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. xii. 256 One day I observed a cormorant playing with a fish which it had caught. 2. a. figurative. An insatiably greedy or rapacious person. Also with qualification, as money-cormorant. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > excessive consumption of food or drink > [noun] > gluttony > glutton glutton?c1225 glutc1394 globberc1400 glofferc1440 gluttoner1482 gourmanda1492 ravener1496 belly1526 golofer1529 lurcher1530 cormorant1531 flesh-fly1532 full-belly1536 belly-godc1540 flap-sauce1540 gourmander1542 gully-gut1542 locust1545 glosser1549 greedy-guts1550 hungry gut1552 belly-slave1562 fill-belly1563 grand paunch1569 belly-paunch1570 belly-swainc1571 trencher-slave1571 slapsauce1573 gorche1577 helluo1583 gormandizer1589 eat-all1598 engorger1598 guts1598 guller1604 gourmandist1607 barathrum1609 eatnell1611 snapsauce1611 Phaeacian?1614 gutling1617 overeater1621 polyphage1623 tenterbelly1628 gut-head1629 stiffgut1630 gobble-guts1632 gulist1632 polyphagian1658 fill-paunch1659 gype1662 gulchin1671 stretch-gut1673 gastrolater1694 gundy-gut1699 guttler1732 gobbler1755 trencher-hero1792 gorger1817 polyphagist1819 battenera1849 stuff-guts1875 chowhound1917 gannet1929 Billy Bunter1939 guzzle-guts1959 garbage can1963 foodaholic1965 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. xxi. sig. fiv^v To whiche carmorantes, neither lande, water, ne ayre, mought be sufficient. 1592 R. Greene Quip for Vpstart Courtier sig. B2 They were Cormorants and vserers, that gathered it to fill their cofers with. 1660 T. Willsford Scales Commerce & Trade i. ii. 99 There would be many money-cormorants, and their profit great. 1693 W. Congreve Old Batchelour i. i. 4 Why what a Cormorant in Love am I! 1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. i. 207 His treasur'd stores these Cormorants consume. 1809 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) V. 155 We must look a little after these cormorants of Romana. b. Said of qualities, things, etc. ΚΠ 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II ii. i. 38 Light vanitie insatiate cormorant, Consuming meanes soone praies vpon it selfe. View more context for this quotation 1712 J. Arbuthnot Law is Bottomless-pit iv. 11 Law is a Bottomless-Pit, it is a Cormorant, a Harpy, that devours every thing. 1784 Unfortunate Sensibility I. 51 I..suppose the cormorant time may have devoured them. 3. attributive. ΚΠ 1568 T. Howell Newe Sonets (1879) 124 Cressus he that cormrant King. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 51 No stigian vengaunce lyke too theese carmoran haggards. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) i. i. 119 The Cormorant belly. View more context for this quotation 1726 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius (ed. 2) iv. 17 A cormorant head of a college. 1786 A. M. Bennett Juvenile Indiscretions V. 216 A peevish discontented sister and her cormorant companion. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.c1320
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