noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A supposed god of appetite, food, and eating.

   "The deck-hands were Cantonese, and, as is well known to worshippers of the belly-god, they eat their rice seasoned."

2. 2
   A lover of food; a glutton; an epicure. See Thesaurus:glutton obsolete

Synonyms

All synonyms

cormorantepicuregluttongluttongormandizerguttle

Example

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"The deck-hands were Cantonese, and, as is well known to worshippers of the belly-god, they eat their rice seasoned."

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