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  • Extravagance in cooking and serving.

    May 16, 2008

  • JM proposes that abliguration is the wealth food of the nation.

    August 9, 2009

  • Abliguration means prodigal expense for food. It comes from the latin verb abligurire, “ab” meaning “away” and “ligurire” meaning “to be fond of delicacies.”

    December 21, 2016

  • (noun) - A prodigal spending on meat and drink. --Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language, 1755

    January 31, 2018

  • Isn't it "abligurition"? I'm pretty sure this entry is misspelled.

    April 27, 2022