unconsuming
mɪŋ adjective
strongly and urgently felt: a consuming need to be successful.
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consume (kənˈsjuːm) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (tr) to eat or drink |
| 2. | (tr; often passive) to engross or obsess |
| 3. | (tr) to use up; expend: my car consumes little oil |
| 4. | to destroy or be destroyed by burning, decomposition, etc: fire consumed the forest |
| 5. | (tr) to waste or squander: the time consumed on that project was excessive |
| 6. | (passive) to waste away |
| [C14: from Latin consūmere to devour, from com- (intensive) + sūmere to take up, from emere to take, purchase] | |
| con'suming | |
| —adj | |
| con'sumingly | |
| —adv | |
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Unconsuming
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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Word Origin & History
consume
late 14c., from L. consumere "to use up, eat, waste," from com- intensive prefix + sumere "to take," from sub- "under" + emere "to buy, take" (see exempt).
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