单词 | omnivorousness |
释义 | omnivorousnessn. The quality of being omnivorous. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > using up, expending, or consuming > [noun] > quality of consuming everything omnivoracity1857 omnivorousnessa1861 omnivorosity1896 omnivory1961 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Omnivorousness, all-devouring nature, &c. a1861 E. B. Browning Lett. R. H. Horne (1877) II. lvii. 151 Do I boast of my omnivorousness of reading? 1884 Times 30 Dec. 7 The omnivorousness of children is balanced..by powers of digestion which seem little short of miraculous. 1912 A. Bennett Your U.S. vii. 162 American curiosity..with its apparent omnivorousness..is often superficial and too easily satisfied. 1942 Sci. Monthly Nov. 405/2 Nutritional safety lies in omnivorousness, in consuming, so far as possible, foods in their natural states. 1988 Lit. & Theol. 2 269 A scholar who passes over that in silence may reasonably be described as frivolous, whatever his omnivorousness and bibliographer's diligence. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1727 |
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