Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

devourer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.03 in modern English

Syllables: de-vour-er
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who devours.

Example Sentences

"It is doubtful, whether we ought to ascribe any superior qualities to the more ancient Africans; for we find them represented […] as proud, lazy, deceitful, thievish, […] devourers of human flesh, and quaffers of human blood […]"
"[They] have entered into the hunt with all the zeal that characterized the bookhunters, the coin collectors, the autograph devourers and the rest of that class of maniacs."

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English devourere; equivalent to devour + -er.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: devourere
Suffix: devour

Inflected Forms

devourers (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

omnivore

Questions

What does devourer mean?: One who devours.
Where does devourer come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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