vulturousadj.

Brit.

/ˈvʌltʃ(ᵿ)rəs/, U.S.

/ˈvəltʃ(ə)rəs/

Forms: Also 1600s vulterous.

Etymology: < vulture n. + -ous suffix.

1. Resembling that of a vulture; ravenous.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > [adjective] > having (good) appetite > greedy or voracious

yevereOE

greedy971

reavingOE

fretewil?c1225

ravissantc1300

ravishingc1350

ravenous?1387

raveningc1390

ravisablea1425

eating1483

yeverous1483

savourousa1492

yevery1531

vorax1535

gluttonisha1586

falconish1587

ravin1615

vulturous1623

ravened1627

gorb?1635

esurine1687

voracious1693

gastrolatrous1694

tigerantica1704

gutsy1803

bulimious1816

polyphagian1825

yevrisome1825

edacious1829

polyphagous1837

tigerocious1874

bulimic1886

hyperphagic1943

1623 J. Webster Dutchesse of Malfy ii. ii. sig. D4 There's no question but her teatchiues and most vulterous eating of the Apricocks, are apparant Signes of breeding.

1649 H. Hammond Christians Obligations i. 15 And when..he was shut up alone in the bladder, his vulturous stomack lets loose upon himself, and within few minuits more, one half of him devoures the other.

1672 W. Penn Spirit of Truth Vindicated 14 [It] is invisible to his vulterous Eye, who so disdainfully writes against it.

1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. iv. 46/2 With such a vulturous hunger for self-indulgence.

1870 T. De W. Talmage Crumbs Swept Up (1871) 278 They watch about the door for new-comers,..invite him to drink,..and plunge their vulturous beaks into the vitals of his soul.

2. figurative. Resembling a vulture in appearance or character.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > inordinate or excessive desire > [adjective] > rapacious

ravenousc1425

rapinous1484

ravening1548

rapacious1572

scambling1600

large-handeda1616

tenter-hooking1615

vulturizing1650

vulturian1659

leech-like1682

vulturine1721

vulturish1826

vulturous1843

1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present iv. i. 322 The battle, with various weapons, of vulturous Quack and Tyrant against vulturous Tyrant and Quack.

1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xvi. i. 243 The Owleries and the vulturous Law-Pedantries.

1885 Ld. Tennyson Dead Prophet vii Then glided a vulturous Beldam forth, That on dumb death had thriven.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	vulturous
释义	vulturousadj. Brit. /ˈvʌltʃ(ᵿ)rəs/, U.S. /ˈvəltʃ(ə)rəs/ Forms: Also 1600s vulterous. Etymology: < vulture n. + -ous suffix. 1. Resembling that of a vulture; ravenous. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > [adjective] > having (good) appetite > greedy or voracious yevereOE greedy971 reavingOE fretewil?c1225 ravissantc1300 ravishingc1350 ravenous?1387 raveningc1390 ravisablea1425 eating1483 yeverous1483 savourousa1492 yevery1531 vorax1535 gluttonisha1586 falconish1587 ravin1615 vulturous1623 ravened1627 gorb?1635 esurine1687 voracious1693 gastrolatrous1694 tigerantica1704 gutsy1803 bulimious1816 polyphagian1825 yevrisome1825 edacious1829 polyphagous1837 tigerocious1874 bulimic1886 hyperphagic1943 1623 J. Webster Dutchesse of Malfy ii. ii. sig. D4 There's no question but her teatchiues and most vulterous eating of the Apricocks, are apparant Signes of breeding. 1649 H. Hammond Christians Obligations i. 15 And when..he was shut up alone in the bladder, his vulturous stomack lets loose upon himself, and within few minuits more, one half of him devoures the other. 1672 W. Penn Spirit of Truth Vindicated 14 [It] is invisible to his vulterous Eye, who so disdainfully writes against it. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. iv. 46/2 With such a vulturous hunger for self-indulgence. 1870 T. De W. Talmage Crumbs Swept Up (1871) 278 They watch about the door for new-comers,..invite him to drink,..and plunge their vulturous beaks into the vitals of his soul. 2. figurative. Resembling a vulture in appearance or character. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > inordinate or excessive desire > [adjective] > rapacious ravenousc1425 rapinous1484 ravening1548 rapacious1572 scambling1600 large-handeda1616 tenter-hooking1615 vulturizing1650 vulturian1659 leech-like1682 vulturine1721 vulturish1826 vulturous1843 1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present iv. i. 322 The battle, with various weapons, of vulturous Quack and Tyrant against vulturous Tyrant and Quack. 1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xvi. i. 243 The Owleries and the vulturous Law-Pedantries. 1885 Ld. Tennyson Dead Prophet vii Then glided a vulturous Beldam forth, That on dumb death had thriven. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1623
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