engouement or engoûment (ān-goo-mān), n.m., infatuation; (med. vet.) obstruction. On ne saurait le faire revenir de son —; it is impossible to cure him of his infatuation.
engouer, v.a., to obstruct the throat; to infatuate.
s’engouer, v.r., to obstruct one’s throat; to be obstructed; to be infatuated. S’— d’une femme; to be wrapped up in a woman.
engouffrer, v.a., to ingulf, to swallow up.
s’engouffrer, v.r., to be ingulfed; to blow hard; to rush (of the wind in a narrow passage); to run into. Le vent s’engouffre dans la cheminée; the wind rushes into the chimney. Que de fortunes se sont engouffrées dans cette entreprise! how many fortunes have been swallowed up in that enterprise!
engoulé, -e, adj., gobbled up; (her.) engoulee.
engouler, v.a., to swallow up, to gobble up.
engoulevent (ān-gool-vān), n.m., (orni.) fern-owl; goat-sucker.
engourdi, -e, adj., torpid, benumbed, dull.
engourdir, v.a., to benumb, to make torpid; to dull, to make languid, to enervate. Le froid engourdit les mains; cold benumbs one’s hands. L’oisiveté engourdit l’esprit; idleness benumbs the mind.