GLUTTONY

gluttony, overeating, gula

(noun) eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins)

gluttony

(noun) habitual eating to excess

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

gluttony (countable and uncountable, plural gluttonies)

The vice of eating to excess.

Source: Wiktionary


Glut"ton*y, n.; pl. Gluttonies. Etym: [OE. glotonie, OF. glotonie, gloutonnie.]

Definition: Excess in eating; extravagant indulgence of the appetite for food; voracity. Their sumptuous gluttonies, and gorgeous feasts. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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