ETYMOLOGY
from Latin Gnathonicus,
from Gnathonem (gnatho),
from Latin Gnatho, the name of a parasite in the “”Eunuchus” of Terence
EXAMPLE
“… The gnathonick Parasite sweareth to all that this benefactor holdeth. The mercenary Pensioner will bow before he break. He, who only studieth to have the praise of some witty invention can not strick upon another anwile. …”
From: A Dispute Against the English-Popish Ceremonies, obtruded upon the Church of Scotland
By G. Gillespie, 1637
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