ingurgitate

English

Etymology

From the participle stem of Latin ingurgitāre, from in- + gurges (“whirlpool”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈɡɜː.dʒɪ.teɪt/

Verb

ingurgitate (third-person singular simple present ingurgitates, present participle ingurgitating, simple past and past participle ingurgitated)

1. To swallow greedily or in large amounts.

   Synonyms: gulp, gorge, guzzle

   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
     , II.ii.1.2:

     Nothing pesters the body and mind sooner than to be still fed, to eat and ingurgitate beyond all measure, as many do.

2. (transitive) To swallow up, as in a gulf.
   • 1622, Fotherby, Atheom:

     If a man do but once set his appetite upon it [pleasure], let him ingurgitate himself never so deep into it, yet shall he never be able to fill his desire with it.

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

ingurgitate

1. inflection of ingurgitare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

ingurgitate f pl

1. feminine plural of ingurgitato

Latin

Verb

ingurgitāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ingurgitō

Spanish

Verb

ingurgitate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of ingurgitar combined with te