单词 | people-devouring |
释义 | > as lemmaspeople-devouring people-devouring adj. ΚΠ 1650 H. Brown Ox Muzzled 5 Would yee bee content that a people-devouring Prince (to use Homer's Phrase) should make the greatest part of your estates a preie to his greedie appetite. 1851 T. A. Buckley tr. Homer Iliad i. 9 A people-devouring [Gk. δημοβόρος] king [art thou]. 2001 Independent (Nexis) 9 June 16 The artist was most insistent that he should be represented by this image—a demented, nightmarish, people-devouring monster. < as lemmas |
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