gluttony
/ˈɡlʌ.tən.i/
ꞬLɅ · tən · i (3 syllables)
English
Noun Top 32,358
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Definition
The vice of eating to excess.
Etymology
Old French glutonie, from gloton + -ie < Latin glutio, equivalent to glutton + -y.
Example Sentences
- "The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite.[…]Can those harmless but refined fellow-diners be the selfish cads whose gluttony and personal appearance so raised your contemptuous wrath on your arrival?"
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