Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Excess; prodigal expense for food.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Prodigal expense for food.
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- noun
Prodigal expense for food.
Etymologies
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From the Latin abliguritio, from abligurire ("to spend in luxurious indulgence"), from ab- + ligurire ("to be lickerish or dainty"), from lingere ("to lick").
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Excessive spending on food and drink. (From Grandiloquent Dictionary)
July 5, 2008