† corn-vorantn.

Etymology: Punning alteration of corvorant (see cormorant n.), as if < corn n.¹ corn + vorant adj. Compare corn-monger n., cornmudgin n.

Obsolete.

With allusion to the extortions of corn-mongers: someone who is insatiable.

ΚΠ

1609 W. M. Man in Moone sig. D4^v He is an insatiable cormorant, or rather corne-vorant,..a mercilesse mony-monger,..and vnconscionable Extortioner.

1631 S. Jerome Arraignem. Whole Creature xiii. §1. 177 Eating like Cormorants (or Corn vorants).

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

单词	corn-vorant
释义	† corn-vorantn. Etymology: Punning alteration of corvorant (see cormorant n.), as if < corn n.¹ corn + vorant adj. Compare corn-monger n., cornmudgin n. Obsolete. With allusion to the extortions of corn-mongers: someone who is insatiable. ΚΠ 1609 W. M. Man in Moone sig. D4^v He is an insatiable cormorant, or rather corne-vorant,..a mercilesse mony-monger,..and vnconscionable Extortioner. 1631 S. Jerome Arraignem. Whole Creature xiii. §1. 177 Eating like Cormorants (or Corn vorants). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1609
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