ventripotent
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prettygoodwordventripotent (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.
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.
