English edit

Etymology edit

From Middle French ventripotent, from Latin venter (belly) + potens (powerful).

Pronunciation edit

  • (UK) IPA(key): /vɛnˈtɹɪpətənt/
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Adjective edit

ventripotent (comparative more ventripotent, superlative most ventripotent)

  1. Having a big belly.
    • 1694, François Rabelais, translated by Thomas Urquhart, Pantagruel, Book LIX, (chapter title):
      Of the ridiculous statue Manduce; and how, and what the Gastrolaters sacrifice to their ventripotent [translating ventripotent] god.
    • 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 714:
      The reception committee consisted of Constance and a ventripotent Swiss banker, representing the Red Cross [...].
  2. Gluttonous.
    • 2008, A. C. Kemp, The Perfect Insult for Every Occasion, →ISBN, page 198:
      I'm sure your being so ventripotent is useful in county fair competitions, George, but it's driving our bakery into the ground, so we're replacing you.

Translations edit

French edit

 
Portrait d’un homme ventripotent.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

ventripotent (feminine ventripotente, masculine plural ventripotents, feminine plural ventripotentes)

  1. having a big belly, ventripotent

Further reading edit

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French ventripotent.

Adjective edit

ventripotent m or n (feminine singular ventripotentă, masculine plural ventripotenți, feminine and neuter plural ventripotente)

  1. potbellied

Declension edit

References edit

  • ventripotent in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN