Mar. 15th, 2012

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ventripotent (ven-tree-POH-tuhnt) - adj., large bellied; gluttonous, having a great delight in eating.


Having a powerful (potens) belly (venter), to go by the Middle French roots from when whence we got this -- with Latin roots behind them, of course. It's also still used in modern French.

---L.

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