ingurgitate
/ɪnˈɡɜː.dʒɪ.teɪt/
ingurgitate means to swallow greedily or in large amounts. It carries an Arena rating of 1808, earned across 12 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, ingurgitate ranks #32 of 17,143 for Best Fossil-Poetry Words, #813 of 17,104 for Most Storied Words, #921 of 17,127 for Most Vivid Words, #944 of 17,126 for Most Satisfying to Say.
ingurgitate is pronounced /ɪnˈɡɜː.dʒɪ.teɪt/.
Why “ingurgitate” is a great word
To swallow something greedily or in excessive quantity. From the Latin ingurgitāre, from in- ("into") + gurges ("whirlpool, gulf"). Unlike "satiate," which describes a state of fulfilled appetite, or "regurgitate," which is its precise reversal, to ingurgitate is the frantic, transitive act of drowning oneself from within. It is the desperate, unmeasured gulping of water after a long run, the heedless consumption of news until the mind is flooded, or the lonely, rapid emptying of a bottle—the self as a whirlpool, ravenous and spinning, mistaking volume for nourishment, the vortex never satisfies, it only pulls everything down.
Etymology
From the participle stem of Latin ingurgitāre, from in- + gurges (“whirlpool”).
verb
- To swallow greedily or in large amounts.e.g.“Nothing pesters the body and mind sooner than to be still fed, to eat and ingurgitate beyond all measure, as many do.” — , II.ii.1.2
- To swallow up, as in a gulf.e.g.“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.” — 1622, Fotherby, Atheom:
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