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121goinfre — [ gwɛ̃fr ] n. m. et adj. • 1578; o. i., p. ê. rad. de goujat ♦ Personne qui mange avec excès et salement. ⇒ glouton, goulu, arg. morfal, vorace; région. goulafre, 2. gueulard. Cette fille est un goinfre. Quel goinfre ! « il bâfra; comme un… …
122goulu — goulu, ue [ guly ] adj. • XVe; de l a. fr. goule → gueule 1 ♦ Qui mange avec avidité. ⇒ glouton, goinfre, vorace. Un animal goulu. Subst. Un goulu. Par ext. Regards goulus. ⇒ avide. ♢ Fam. Vieilli Femme à grande bouche. La Goulue, danseuse du… …
123vorace — [ vɔras ] adj. • 1603; vorage déb. XVIe; lat. vorax, acis 1 ♦ Qui dévore, mange avec avidité. « La loutre est un animal vorace » (Buffon). (Personnes) Glouton, goulu. « Il s empiffrait de nourriture, car il était vorace » (Tharaud). N. C est un… …
124recession chic — n. Style and elegance on a tight budget. Example Citations: That s why I urge women to approach this month s Carrie tribute collection by Sex and the City stylist Patricia Field for Marks Spencer with caution. Because you have to ask why M S… …
125cheeseparing — Synonyms and related words: Scotch, canny, careful, chary, cheap, chinchy, chintzy, close, closefisted, conserving, cooling, cooling down, cooling off, curtailment, cutback, economic, economization, economizing, economy, economy of assumption,… …
126parsimonious — Synonyms and related words: Lenten, Scotch, Spartan, abstemious, ascetic, austere, canny, careful, chary, cheeseparing, conserving, dwarfed, dwarfish, economic, economizing, exiguous, forehanded, frugal, frugal to excess, impoverished, jejune,… …
127scamping — Synonyms and related words: cheeseparing, culpably negligent, derelict, frugal, frugal to excess, inadvertent, inattentive, laissez faire, lax, loose, neglectful, neglecting, negligent, noninterfering, nonrestrictive, off guard, overfrugal,… …
128scrimping — Synonyms and related words: Scotch, canny, careful, chary, cheeseparing, chinchy, chintzy, conserving, cooling, cooling down, cooling off, curtailment, cutback, economic, economization, economizing, economy, economy of assumption, economy of… …
