Monday 17 December 2012

bulimic=بوليميك


bulimic=بوليميك
ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:
bulimic (adj.)
1854, "voracious;" see bulimia + -ic. Meaning "suffering from bulimia nervosa" is recorded from 1977. The noun in this sense is from 1980.
bulimia (n.)
1976, Modern Latin, from Greek boulimia, "ravenous hunger" as a disease, lit. "ox-hunger," from bou-, intensive prefix (originally from bous "ox;" see cow (n.)) + limos "hunger;" as a psychological disorder, technically bulemia nervosa. Anglicized bulimy was used from late 14c. in a medical sense of "ravishing hunger." 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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