单词 | foul-feeding |
释义 | foul-feedingadj. Now rare. Originally: †that is unpleasant to feed upon; foul-tasting (obsolete). Later: that feeds in a disgusting manner; feeding on carrion or other foul matter. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by eating habits > [adjective] > on decaying matter foul-feeding1634 saprophagous1819 1634 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. Hist. New Test. (STC 12640.7) i. 381 There is an appetitus caninus, that..falls upon unmeet, and foule-feeding morsels. 1684 T. Otway Atheist i. 1 The dirty Dugs of a foul-feeding Witch. 1690 Happōqeḏ nip̱qaḏ or, (Pretended) Visitor Visited 102 This man's talk is so full of filth and ordure, guts and garbage, (fit for none but Bears and such foul-feeding Beasts to live on, or tast of). 1800 W. Cobbett Amer. Rush-light 185 He swept the poor fellows off by dozens, with as little ceremony as a foul-feeding glutton brushes the flies from the meat which he is himself going to devour. 1937 Nottingham Evening Post 29 Dec. 11/5 Carrion crows and other foul-feeding creatures. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1634 |
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