manducate
/ˈmandjʊkeɪt
/verb [with object] formal
Chew or eat: she fell upon the wretched vegetable and manducated it...
- Anyway, one evening as we were manducating our victuals at a local eatery, my sweet and bashful convent girl asked me if I thought she looked fat.
Derivatives
manducation
manducatory
Origin
Early 17th century (earlier (early 16th century) as manducation): from Latin manducat- 'chewed', from the verb manducare, from manduco 'guzzler', from mandere 'to chew'.