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Gluttony

Gluttony Meaning & Definition
Gluttony Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Gluttony?

[n] eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins)
[n] habitual eating to excess

Synonyms | Synonyms for Gluttony: gula | overeating

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See Also | deadly sin | edacity | esurience | greediness | hoggishness | intemperance | mortal sin | piggishness | rapaciousness | rapacity | voraciousness | voracity

Gluttony In Webster's Dictionary

\Glut"ton*y\, n.; pl. {Gluttonies}. [OE. glotonie, OF. glotonie, gloutonnie.] Excess in eating; extravagant indulgence of the appetite for food; voracity. Their sumptuous gluttonies, and gorgeous feasts. --Milton.

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