Meanings
present singular third person engluts · participle present englutting · participle past englutted · past englutted
- To swallow; to swallow up, engulf.
Thus, as carnivorous vultures watch to englut their prey, the rapacious rebels enjoyed a savage delight in the hope of ensnaring him,[…]
1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter II, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 131 more example
Whose grieued mindes, which choler did englut, / Against themselues turning their wrathfull spight, / Gan with new rage their shields to hew and cut […]
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
verbovereat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Frenchenglotir
- Englishenglut
Partly from Old French englotir, partly from en- + glut.
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englut. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/englut
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