Synonyms for omnivorous
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : om-niv-er-uh s |
Phonetic Transcription : ɒmˈnɪv ər əs |
Définition of omnivorous
Origin :- 1650s, from Latin omnivorus "all-devouring," from omnis "all" (see omni-) + vorare "devour, swallow" (see voracity). Related: Omnivorously; omnivorousness.
- adj rapacious
- Mr. Gladstone is, of course, a book-collector, as well as an omnivorous reader.
- Extract from : « The Book-Hunter in London » by William Roberts
- Interest is omnivorous, feeding upon every phase of environment.
- Extract from : « The Mind and Its Education » by George Herbert Betts
- However, it is in no way particular, being almost as omnivorous as the hog.
- Extract from : « On the Banks of the Amazon » by W.H.G. Kingston
- To the credit of insects generally, be it said, they are not omnivorous.
- Extract from : « The Peanut Plant » by B. W. Jones
- I was an omnivorous reader,and I was specially fond of poetry.
- Extract from : « The Sorrows of Satan » by Marie Corelli
- That Robert-Houdin was an omnivorous reader is proven by his own writings.
- Extract from : « The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin » by Harry Houdini
- Not that grunting and omnivorous swine who took the cowl, begat you!
- Extract from : « Under the Witches' Moon » by Nathan Gallizier
- They are the notebooks of an omnivorous but indiscreet and undiscerning reader.
- Extract from : « Giovanni Boccaccio, a Biographical Study » by Edward Hutton
- He was an omnivorous reader, and, I gather, a reader of most careful taste.
- Extract from : « Basil Everman » by Elsie Singmaster
- My experience shows him to be nearly as omnivorous as the myna.
- Extract from : « Jungle Folk » by Douglas Dewar
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