Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to a gulf or whirlpool; hence, devouring; swallowing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Pertaining to a gulf; full of gulfs; hence, devouring.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Pertaining to a
gulf ; full of gulfs; hence,devouring .
Etymologies
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Latin voraginosus, from vorago, "abyss".
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whichbe commented on the word voraginous
Pertaining to something which devours everything.
May 14, 2008
bestiary commented on the word voraginous
(to gulfs, pits, chasms, which engulf everything)
July 26, 2008