devourern.

/dɪˈvaʊərə/

Forms: Also Middle English -our, -ar.

Etymology: Middle English devourour , < Anglo-Norman devorour = Old French devoreor , devoreeur (12th cent. in Godefroy) < dēvorātōr-em , agent-noun < dēvorāre to devour v.

1. One who devours; one who eats greedily or voraciously.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > [noun] > eating voraciously > voracious eater

swallowera1000

devourerc1384

vourera1425

francher1519

gulper1648

twister1694

bolter1826

wolfer1897

scoffer1935

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. xi. 19 A man deuourer, or glotoun.

1399 W. Langland Richard Redeles iii. 371 Devourours of vetaile.

1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xviii. lxvi. sig. eeij^v/2 The lyon is a beest of grete gloteny and coueytyth & desyreth moche meete: and is a deuourer of meete therfore wythout chewynge.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. x. f. 48^v Men which..are..deuourers of mans flesshe.

1699 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 9) 86 Earwigs..are cursed Devourers.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 219 They..move slowly, but reluctantly, towards the yawning jaws of their devourers.

1884 G. F. Braithwaite Salmonidæ Westmorland vi. 26 It is a devourer of the spawn of salmon.

2. transferred and figurative. One who or that which consumes, destroys, swallows up, or absorbs.

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

c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Hypsipyle. 1369 Duk Iason Thou sly [v.r. sleer] deuourere..Of tendere wemen.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) xi. l. 492 Thow renygat deuorar off thi blud.

1574 J. Baret Aluearie D 539 An vnsaciable reader: a deuourer of bookes.

1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 670 Achilles offring great iniuries to Agamemnon..called him Deuourer of the people.

1660 R. Allestree Gentlemans Calling 87 Gaming, like a Quicksand, swallows up a man in a moment..Hawks, and Hounds, and Horses, &c. are somwhat slower devourers.

1678 N. Wanley Wonders Little World iii. xliv. §30. 228/1 The Eye that is the devourer of such beautiful Objects.

1890 Spectator 7 June 799 The shallowest novel-devourer will find in it excitement enough.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	devourer
释义	devourern. /dɪˈvaʊərə/ Forms: Also Middle English -our, -ar. Etymology: Middle English devourour , < Anglo-Norman devorour = Old French devoreor , devoreeur (12th cent. in Godefroy) < dēvorātōr-em , agent-noun < dēvorāre to devour v. 1. One who devours; one who eats greedily or voraciously. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > [noun] > eating voraciously > voracious eater swallowera1000 devourerc1384 vourera1425 francher1519 gulper1648 twister1694 bolter1826 wolfer1897 scoffer1935 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. xi. 19 A man deuourer, or glotoun. 1399 W. Langland Richard Redeles iii. 371 Devourours of vetaile. 1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xviii. lxvi. sig. eeij^v/2 The lyon is a beest of grete gloteny and coueytyth & desyreth moche meete: and is a deuourer of meete therfore wythout chewynge. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. x. f. 48^v Men which..are..deuourers of mans flesshe. 1699 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 9) 86 Earwigs..are cursed Devourers. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 219 They..move slowly, but reluctantly, towards the yawning jaws of their devourers. 1884 G. F. Braithwaite Salmonidæ Westmorland vi. 26 It is a devourer of the spawn of salmon. 2. transferred and figurative. One who or that which consumes, destroys, swallows up, or absorbs. 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 c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Hypsipyle. 1369 Duk Iason Thou sly [v.r. sleer] deuourere..Of tendere wemen. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) xi. l. 492 Thow renygat deuorar off thi blud. 1574 J. Baret Aluearie D 539 An vnsaciable reader: a deuourer of bookes. 1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 670 Achilles offring great iniuries to Agamemnon..called him Deuourer of the people. 1660 R. Allestree Gentlemans Calling 87 Gaming, like a Quicksand, swallows up a man in a moment..Hawks, and Hounds, and Horses, &c. are somwhat slower devourers. 1678 N. Wanley Wonders Little World iii. xliv. §30. 228/1 The Eye that is the devourer of such beautiful Objects. 1890 Spectator 7 June 799 The shallowest novel-devourer will find in it excitement enough. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.c1384
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