单词 | overfeeding |
释义 | overfeedingn. The action of feeding excessively; excessive feeding. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > excessive consumption of food or drink > [noun] > gluttony overeateOE gluternessc1175 gluttonryc1175 gluttony?c1225 womb-joyc1300 gluttingc1315 glutterya1340 excessc1386 gule1390 surfeitc1390 gulpingc1394 pamperingc1430 gormandizea1450 gastrimargyc1450 gulositya1500 belly1526 gulling1542 belly-cheer1549 glossing1549 overfeeding1565 epicurism1584 gormandizing1600 gastrimargism1607 gluttoning1607 overeating1652 helluation1656 guttling1731 helluosity1799 gorging1833 gorge1854 1565 B. Googe tr. ‘M. Palingenius’ Zodiake of Life (new ed.) v. l. 1515 See that thy diet holsome be, and eate not thou to much: For mischief great hath come to men, by ouer feeding such. 1616 T. Scot Philomythie sig. A But ouer-feeding hurts, as some men say, Though food be good. 1710 E. Ward Life Don Quixote ii. vii. 127 Twice also have I paid for Bleeding, When surfeited with over-feeding. 1836 F. Mahony Reliques Father Prout (1859) 19 Gibbon..notices this vile propensity to overfeeding. 1881 Macmillan's Mag. 45 41 You must hit off exactly the golden mean between overfeeding and underfeeding. 1902 G. B. Shaw Let. 18 Nov. (1972) II. 289 Who is Doctor Buzzi? Is it starvation cure, or overfeeding cure, or water cure, or faith healing, or what? 1937 Ann. Reg. 1936 288 Some pastoral areas where over-feeding of live-stock had completely killed the pasturage were called ‘dust-bowls’. 1985 M. F. Myles Textbk. Midwives (ed. 10) xxxiv. 515 How would you differentiate between: over-feeding and under-feeding. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † overfeedingadj. Obsolete. rare. That overfeeds; that eats to excess. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > excessive consumption of food or drink > [adjective] > over-fed, gorged, or sated > overfeeding or gorging fulsome1555 overfeeding1621 saturating1684 cloying1808 stodging1898 1621 H. Wotton Let. 26 Nov. in L. P. Smith Life & Lett. Sir H. Wotton (1907) II. 219 As may excuse the English, whom otherwise they think an overfeeding nation. 1817 J. Keats Let. 10 Sept. (1958) I. 155 Young Jack daws at the mercy of an over-feeding Schoolboy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1565adj.1621 |
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