- cultrivorous
- Pertaining to actual or illusory knife swallowing
Grandiloquent dictionary. 2006.
cultrivorous
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Cultrivorous — Cul*triv o*rous (k?l tr?b ? r?s), a. [L. culter, cultri, knife + vorare to devour.] Devouring knives; swallowing, or pretending to swallow, knives; applied to persons who have swallowed, or have seemed to swallow, knives with impunity. Dunglison … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cultrivorous — culˈtrivorous, a. rare. [f. as prec. + vorous.] Swallowing or pretending to swallow knives. Worcester cites Dunglison … Useful english dictionary
