eventerate

English

Etymology

Likely a "relatinized" calque of French éventrer, from Latin ē(x)- (out) +‎ Latin venter (belly, ventr- in compounds) +‎ -ate (verb-forming suffix); this should have given *eventrate, compare its obsolete doublet eventrate and orienate.

Verb

eventerate (third-person singular simple present eventerates, present participle eventerating, simple past and past participle eventerated)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To rip open; to disembowel.

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