smouse
smouse verb: to feast (on something). Also the alternative form of smous.
Verb
smouse (third-person singular simple present smouses, present participle smousing, simple past and past participle smoused)
- To feast (on something).
- "Here, Honeſty, take this bill of fare: here is a liſt of ſome plain diſhes, which I ſhall neyer be averſe from; and which I could ſafely venture to ſmouze plentifully upon."1775, [Francis Blackburne], A Few Strictures on the Confessional: […], London: T. Payne, page 12
- On the summer berries brousing, / On the garden fruits carousing, / All the grubs and vermin smousing.1839, Aristophanes, translated by J[ohn] Hookham Frere, The Acharnians and Two Other Plays of Aristophanes;, London: J. M. Dent & Co.; New York, N.Y.: E. P. Dutton & Co., published 1909, page 149
Proper noun capitalized: Smouse
Smouse (plural Smouses)
- A surname.
Also used as
smouse is also the alternative form of smous.
Forms of smouse
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | smouses |
| present participle | smousing |
| past participle | smoused |
| past | smoused |
| alternative form | smouze |
| Noun | |
| plural | smouses |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Smouses |
Origin of smouse
Borrowed from German schmausen (“to feast”).
Questions about smouse
- What does smouse mean?
- Smouse means to feast (on something).
- What part of speech is smouse?
- Smouse can be a verb or a proper noun.
- What is the past tense of smouse?
- The past tense of smouse is smoused.
Words near smouse in the dictionary
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