gluttonous
AdjectiveUS[gluht-uh-nuhs]/ˈɡlʌtənəs/3 syllables
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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”Opposite abstemiousSimilar hoggish, crapulous, crapulent, edacious, overgreedy, greedyRelates to gluttonySee also indulgent
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Glut′ton·ous adjective
Given to gluttony; eating to excess; indulging the appetite; voracious; as, a gluttonous age. — Glut′wb-a1′>′ton·ous·ly, adverb — Glut′wb-a1′>′ton·ous·ness, noun
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54