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Gluttonous

//ˈɡlʌt(ə)nəs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Given to excessive eating; prone to overeating.

    "Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners."

  2. 2
    Greedy.

    "Then they could smile and fawn upon his debts, / And take down the interest into their gluttonous maws."

Adjective
  1. 1
    given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English glotenose, glotenouse, glotonos, glotonous, glotounius, glotynous, from Middle French glotonos; equivalent to glutton + -ous.

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