Hypertext Webster Gateway: "gluttony"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gluttony \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
gluttony
n 1: habitual eating to excess
2: eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins)
[syn: {overeating}, {gula}]
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