Ingurgitate (Verb)
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Pronunciation: [in-‘gêr-jê-teyt]

Definition 1: To gulp, gobble, eat greedily in excessive amounts.

Usage 1: There is an association here with a whirlpool (see Etymology), so we wouldn’t have to fetch a vision of someone swallowing food like a whirlpool very far at all. The noun of today’s word is "ingurgitation," the adjective "ingurtitative," and someone who ingurgitates would be an ingurgitator.

Suggested usage: "Gulp" is such a short word that kids often don’t hear it and they think "gobble" is something only turkeys do. Next time your children eat too fast, say, "Please don’t ingurgitate your food so, children." Even if they don’t understand this word, it will probably take away their appetite. You might even want to share this bit of parental advice with them: "Ingurgitation leads to regurgitation." That should send everyone flying from the table—to the dictionary, of course.

Etymology: Today’s is a borrowing based on Latin "ingurgitation" with the same meaning, the noun from "ingurgitare" comprising in- "in" + gurges "gorge, throat, whirlpool." The root here, "gurg-," is related to "gorge" and "gargle" though no one seems sure how. Etymologists are also a bit bemused by the French connection between the throat and the extremely elegant beauty implied by "gorgeous," but this adjective clearly comes from French gorge "throat," another descendant of the same root underlying today’s word.

—Dr. Language, yourDictionary.com

This is wanton speculation from me, but perhaps the link to "gorgeous" is the use of "gorge" in French to euphemistically refer to a woman’s breasts, as in "soutien-gorge"—"brassiere."http://www.dvdrhelp.com/forum/images/smiles/shy.gif

I should not have expected the French to bother with such euphamisms!

BTW, welcome to the Agora. Your walking kitten avatar is adorable.

Patricia/AgDrgn

You make a good point. Perhaps then the French use "gorge" not so much as a euphemism, but as a meiosis[sup]1[/sup].

Thanks for the welcome.

1. the presentation of a thing with underemphasis especially in order to achieve a greater effect

Yes, "less is more," lowering one’s voice in a classroom garners more attention than shouting, and meiosis is more effective than hyperbole.

Source: The Collins French Dictionary Plus © 2002 HarperCollins Publishers:

soutien
nom masculin  
support
apporter son soutien à to lend one’s support to
soutien de famille breadwinner

gorge
nom féminin  
(anatomie) throat
(= poitrine) breast
(GÉO) gorge
(= rainure) groove
avoir mal à la gorge to have a sore throat
avoir la gorge serrée to have a lump in one’s throat

 

I don’t think that "gorgeous" means "throaty" or "like a deep narrow passage with steep rocky sides" or even "groovy" in the sense in which we usually use it!   :D

Well, AHD gives the following etymology for "gorgeous":

Middle English gorgeouse, probably from Old French gorgias, jewelry-loving, elegant, from gorge, throat.

I’m assuming that jewelry is the center of attention here, not the décolleté look itself.  :o

- PW

And, speaking of the ‘gorge’ link in other words, any woman who has had children, and any man who knows such a woman, is acquainted with the term engorged.

-Tim

P.S. And I ain’t talkin’ ‘bout no throat!

Katy, what happened to your amazing photo?  All I see lately is a box with a small red X in the upper corner, indicating ‘file not found’...  Or is this some kind of meta-comment on avatars?

-Tim

[quote author=KatyBr link=board=todays;num=1057065741;start=0#9 date=07/14/03 at 19:48:19]Then there’s the Dunlap, otherwise known as middle-aged spread or a spare tire!   . . . Katy
maybe its a reaction to all the spam I’m getting all of which deals with engorgement or lack thereof., sigh

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That’s Dunlops Disease, where "yo’ belly done lops over yo’ belt."