verbivore
English
noun
Definitions
- (humorous) One who has an enjoyment of words and wordplay.
Etymology
Affix from Latin verbum (word, verb, a word) + Latin vorax.
Origin
Latin
vorax
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- adverb English
- transverbate English
- triverbial English
- verb English
- verbarium English
- diverbium Latin
- verbalis Latin
- verbatim Latin
- verbosus Latin
- verbum Latin
- verbōsus Latin
- verva Latin
- vorago Latin
- vorax Latin
- vorō Latin
- Verb German
- Verbum German
- verbo Italian
- verbe French
- verbo Spanish, Castilian
- ῥῆμα Ancient Greek
- *gʷerh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *werdʰh₁om Proto-Indo-European
- *werdʰo- Proto-Indo-European
- *werh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- adverb Norwegian Bokmål
- verb Norwegian Bokmål
- adverb Norwegian Nynorsk
- verb Norwegian Nynorsk
- verbum Danish
- *dvorьba Proto-Slavic
- verbum Czech
- verbe Old French
- adverb Serbo-Croatian
- verb Catalan, Valencian
- buraz Galician
- verba Galician
- verbo Galician
- adverb Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- verb Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- vorbă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- berf Welsh
- verbs Latvian
- verbo Old Portuguese
- vèrb Occitan
- *werβom Proto-Italic
- verbu Asturian
- verbu Sicilian
- värb Volapük
- berba Basque
- byervo Ladino
- värb Livonian
- varbe Bourguignon
- verbu Corsican