schnabulieren

German

FWOTD – 11 March 2019

Etymology

Mock Latin, from earlier schnabelieren, from Schnabel (beak) + -ieren, 16th c.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃnabuˈliːʁən/
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Verb

schnabulieren (third-person singular simple present schnabuliert, past tense schnabulierte, past participle schnabuliert, auxiliary haben)

  1. (colloquial, humorous) to eat heartily; to indulge
    Synonym: schmausen
    • 1897, Helene Böhlau, chapter 2, in Des Bäckerlehrlings Johannisnacht:
      Er mußte sich den kleinen, kauenden Mund vorstellen, den er Abend für Abend mit den besten Leckereien vollstopfte. Herrgott, wie niedlich schnabulierte sie, wie ein junges Reh, so zart.
      He had to imagine the small, chewing mouth, which he stuffed to the brim night after night with the best delicacies. Good Lord, how adorably she gorged herself on it, like a young deer, so delicate.

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