English Explanatory Dictionary

eventerate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To rip open; to disembowel.

Word forms

eventerate eventerates eventerating eventerated

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.

Related words

eventration
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