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gluttony
[
gluht
-n-ee
]
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glut·ton·y
/
ˈglʌt
n
i
/
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[
gluht
-n-ee
]
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noun
excessive eating and drinking.
Origin:
1175–1225;
Middle English
glotonie, glutonie
<
Old French
glotonie;
see
glutton
1
,
-y
3
Synonyms
gormandizing, intemperance, voracity.
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This British import about two piggies going to market develops into a grand tug-of-war between greed and
gluttony
.
No one place on earth is exempt from our
gluttony
.
Thanksgiving has always been a day of delicious
gluttony
.
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This British import about two piggies going to market develops into a grand tug-of-war between greed and
gluttony
.
No one place on earth is exempt from our
gluttony
.
Thanksgiving has always been a day of delicious
gluttony
.
In olden days, the deadly sins included lust,
gluttony
and greed.
We all owe it to miners to ensure that our
gluttony
for coal is not built on the bones of these very brave men.
There's a sense of
gluttony
, of joy, and of fun.
Here Hawes inserts a denunciation of the sloth and
gluttony
of his contemporaries.
The contest drew criticism from some residents who said it encouraged
gluttony
and reflected poorly on the city.
There's nothing hazardous to your health about occasional
gluttony
.
We must not sell our children's future to pay the tyrants'
gluttony
.
COLLAPSE
Collins
World English Dictionary
gluttony
(ˈɡlʌtənɪ)
—
n
the act or practice of eating to excess
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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