voratore

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin vorātōrem. By surface analysis, vora(re) (“to devour, eat up”) +‎ -tore (“-er”, agent noun suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vo.raˈto.re/
• Rhymes: -ore
• Hyphenation: vo‧ra‧tó‧re

Noun

voratore m (plural voratori, feminine voratrice) (obsolete, literary)

1. devourer

   Synonyms: divoratore, mangiatore

   • c. 1800, Giuseppe Parini, Il giorno [The Day], Luigi Mussi, published 1803, Mattino, page 48:

     Dunque a la mensa, o tu schifo rifuggi
     ogni vivanda, e te medesmo rendi
     per inedia famoso, o nome acquista
     d'illustre voratore. […]

     Therefore, at the table, you either disdainfully refuse any food, and make yourself known for your inedia, or you make a name for yourself as a great devourer.

2. (figurative) destroyer, annihilator

   Synonyms: annientatore, devastatore, distruttore

   • 1850, Giosuè Carducci, “In morte di ricca e bella signora [For the Death of a Fair and Wealthy Lady]”, in Levia Gravia‎^[1], collected in Poesie, Nicola Zanichelli, published 1906, page 295:

     Devoti essi a la livida
     colpa ed al vorator morbo son già.

     They already are devout to the livid guilt and the devastating illness.

Related terms

• vora
• vorace
• voragine
• vorago
• vorare

 

Anagrams

• atroverò

Latin

Noun

vorātōre m

1. ablative singular of vorātor