单词 | bulimious |
释义 | bulimiousadj. Now rare. = bulimic adj. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > [adjective] > having (good) appetite > greedy or voracious yevereOE greedy971 reavingOE fretewil?c1225 ravissantc1300 ravishingc1350 ravenous?1387 raveningc1390 ravisablea1425 eating1483 yeverous1483 savourousa1492 yevery1531 vorax1535 gluttonisha1586 falconish1587 ravin1615 vulturous1623 ravened1627 gorb?1635 esurine1687 voracious1693 gastrolatrous1694 tigerantica1704 gutsy1803 bulimious1816 polyphagian1825 yevrisome1825 edacious1829 polyphagous1837 tigerocious1874 bulimic1886 hyperphagic1943 1816 London Med. & Physical Jrnl. 35 92 The bulimious appetite which so often exists previous to an attack of genuine apoplexy. 1842 Lancet 12 Feb. 690/2 The appetite became quite bulimious. 1885 F. Hall in N.Y. Nation 4 June 466 The bulimious Doctor [Johnson] would not have transacted his feeding so porcinely and perspiringly. 1984 P. Zindel When Darkness Falls xv. 212 He diagnosed me as being bulimious. That's what they call it when a woman feels rebuffed by her man and devastates her body by developing a voracious appetite. 2000 D. S. Bell Presidential Power Fifth Republic France xi. 236 Revelations about Mitterrand's bulimious appetite for phone taps undermined the image of the previous President. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1816 |
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