gorged
adjUK /ɡɔːdʒd/ · US /ɡɔːɹd͡ʒd/
Etymology From gorge + -ed.
1
With a stomach stuffed full of food.
- Gorged nearly to the uttermost when he entered the restaurant, the smell of food had almost caused him to lose his honor as a gentleman, but he rallied like a true knight.1907, O. Henry, Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen:
- “I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, the gorged dowagers,[…], the jewelled animals whose moral code is the code of the barnyard—!"1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VI, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
2
Government, Heraldry, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Monarchy, Nobility, Politics With the neck collared or encircled by an object.
3
Having a gorge or throat.
- Derived terms
- ungorged