gnathonic, a.
(neɪˈθɒnɪk)
Also 7 gnatonick.
[ad. L. Gnathōnicus, f. Gnathōn-em gnatho.]
= gnathonical a.
| 1637 Gillespie Eng. Pop. Cerem. Ep. A ij b, The gnathonick Parasite sweareth to all that this benefactor holdeth. 1652 Urquhart Jewel Wks. (1834) 276 Thinks no better of adulatory assentations then of a gnatonick sycophantizing, or parasitical cogging. 1855 Kingsley Westw. Ho! viii, That Jack's is somewhat of a gnathonic and parasitic soul, or stomach, all Bideford apple-women know. |