STOMACH

I. noun Etymology: Middle English stomak, from Anglo-French estomac, from Latin ~us gullet, esophagus, ~, from Greek ~os, from stoma mouth; akin to Middle Breton staffn mouth, Avestan staman- Date: 14th century 1. a. a dilatation of the alimentary canal of a vertebrate communicating anteriorly with the esophagus and posteriorly with the duodenum, one of the compartments of a ruminant ~ , a cavity in an invertebrate animal that is analogous to a ~, the part of the body that contains the ~ ; belly , abdomen , 2. desire for food caused by hunger ; appetite , inclination , desire , 3. obsolete spirit , valor , pride , spleen , resentment , II. transitive verb Date: 1523 to take offense at, to bear without overt reaction or resentment ; put up with