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gluttonous
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gluttonous \Glut"ton*ous\, a. Given to gluttony; eating to excess; indulging the appetite; voracious; as, a gluttonous age. -- Glut"ton*ous*ly , adv. -- Glut"ton*ous*ness , n.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. 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" [ant: abstemious ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-14c.; see glutton + -ous . Related: Gluttonously .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Given to excessive eating; prone to overeating. 2 greedy.
Usage examples of gluttonous.
Back in the Indian villages, an ever-increasing majority became convinced that firewater and gluttonous paleface civilization were synonymous, that they must rise and retake their land forcibly, killing in the process as many drunken renegades as they came across.
Aggressive and gluttonous, it can eat massive quantities of insects, including beetles, caterpillars and grasshoppers.
This was what Christmas was all about: not the gluttonous consumerism of the telly ads but a brief interval in which all the filth and flaws of human existence were cloaked in a mantle of purest white.
At low altitudes with their gear down their engines drank fuel at a gluttonous rate.