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Added 9 October 2026

gorge

/ɡɔːdʒ/ noun

Latin root: gurges Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about gorge at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A deep ravine (usually with a river running through it).
A narrow pass (especially one between mountains).
The passage between the pharynx and the stomach.

verb

Overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself.
She stuffed herself at the dinner

Origin

From Middle English gorge (“esophagus, gullet; throat; bird's crop; food in a hawk's crop; food or drink that has been eaten”), a borrowing from Old French gorge (“throat”) (modern French gorge (“throat; breast”)), from Vulgar Latin *gorga, *gurga, from Latin gurges (“eddy, whirlpool; gulf; sea”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to devour, swallow; to eat”). The English word is cognate with Galician gorxa (“throat”), Italian gorga, gorgia (“gorge, ravine; (obsolete) throat”), Occitan gorga, gorja, Portuguese gorja (“gullet, throat; gorge”), Spanish gorja (“gullet, throat; gorge”). Doublet of gour and gurges.

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