Glutton

  • 111Gluttony — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Gluttony >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 gluttony gluttony Sgm: N 1 greed greed Sgm: N 1 greediness greediness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 voracity voracity GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 epicurism …

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  • 112gullet — [14] Latin gula meant ‘throat’. It was a descendant of Indo European *gel ‘swallow’, which also produced German kehle ‘throat’ and English glut and glutton. Gula passed into Old French as gole or goule (whence modern French gueule ‘mouth’), where …

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  • 113gluttonous — mid 14c.; see GLUTTON (Cf. glutton) + OUS (Cf. ous). Related: Gluttonously …

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  • 114gourmand — late 15c., glutton, from M.Fr. gourmant glutton, originally an adj., gluttonous, of uncertain origin. Not connected with GOURMET (Cf. gourmet). Meaning one fond of good eating is from 1758. The gourmand is one whose chief pleasure is eating; but… …

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  • 115epicure — epicure, gourmet, gourmand, glutton, bon vivant, gastronome mean one who takes pleasure in eating and drinking. An epicure is one who is choice and fastidious while at the same time voluptuous in enjoyment of food and drink; the term is also… …

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  • 116gormandise — [c]/ˈgɔməndaɪz / (say gawmuhnduyz) verb (gormandised, gormandising) –verb (i) 1. to be gluttonous. –verb (t) 2. to eat (food) like a glutton. –noun 3. Rare the habits of a glutton. Also, gormandize. {French gourmandise gluttony} –gormandiser,… …

  • 117στηλοκόπας — στηλοκόπᾱς , στηλοκόπας tablet glutton masc acc pl στηλοκόπᾱς , στηλοκόπας tablet glutton masc nom sg (epic doric aeolic) …

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  • 118gullet — [14] Latin gula meant ‘throat’. It was a descendant of Indo European *gel ‘swallow’, which also produced German kehle ‘throat’ and English glut and glutton. Gula passed into Old French as gole or goule (whence modern French gueule ‘mouth’), where …

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  • 119gluttonous — [glut′ n əs] adj. [ME glotonous < OFr glotonos: see GLUTTON] of or like a person who is a glutton gluttonously adv …

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  • 120gluttonise — verb eat a lot and without restraint • Syn: ↑gluttonize, ↑fress • Derivationally related forms: ↑glutton (for: ↑gluttonize) • Hypernyms: ↑eat …

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