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gluttony

glut·tony

UK/ˈɡlʌ.tən.i/ US/ˈɡlʌtʌni/ uncommon

noun

2.

eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins)

Origin

From Old French glutonie, from gloton + -ie, from Latin glutio, equivalent to glutton + -y.

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