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gluttonous

glut·to·nous

US/ˈɡlʌt(ə)nəs/ uncommon

adjective

1.

given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink

  • “over-fed women and their gluttonous husbands”
  • “a gluttonous debauch”
  • “a gluttonous appetite for food and praise and pleasure”

Origin

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

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