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gulosity
[ gyoo-los-i-tee ]
noun
- gluttony or greediness.
gulosity
/ ɡjʊˈlɒsɪtɪ /
noun
- archaic.greed or gluttony
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gulosity1
C16: from Late Latin gulōsitās, from Latin gulōsus gluttonous, from gula gullet
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Example Sentences
Love of the drink, or pleasing the appetite, which we call gulosity.
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This gulosity, which Clemens Alexandrinus calleth the throat devil, and the belly devil is the first cause.
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Gulosity is the general nature of it: excess is the matter: depravation of reason is its special form.
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Think how thou consumest the creatures of God, that are given for service, and not for gulosity and luxury.
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Mostly it doesn't -and the Flying Dutchman resumes his wanderings looking for more venal gulosity and less legal probity.
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