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Vinony

gavage

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɡəˈvɑːʒ/ / /ɡæˈvɑːʒ/

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from French gavage, from gaver (“to stuff or cram”).

  1. A process of force-feeding a goose for foie gras
  2. A process of force-feeding cattle for veal
  3. Feeding by means of a tube passed into the stomach

verb

Etymology: Borrowed from French gavage, from gaver (“to stuff or cram”).

  1. To stuff or glut with something

    “If the Panic of '08 had never happened, and the city kept gavaging itself on luxury, there would be plenty of other delis transformed into purple-colored dandy stores like this one.”