gluttonous
glut·to·nous
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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