engorge
/ɪnˈɡɔːdʒ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.41 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To gorge.
verb
To fill excessively with a bodily liquid, especially blood.
Example Sentences
- "One typical Grecian kiln engorged one thousand muleloads of juniper wood in a single burn. Fifty such kilns would devour six thousand metric tons of trees and brush annually."
- "Greedily she engorged without restraint"
Etymology
From French engorger, from Old French engorgier. Archaic spellings from Webster’s dictionary 1913 include ingorge and ingorg, both now considered misspellings.
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ɪnˈɡɔːdʒ/