gluttonism

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English

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Etymology

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From glutton +‎ -ism.

Noun

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gluttonism (uncountable)

  1. The state of being a glutton.
    • 1820, Ange Denis Macquin, Tabella cibaria[1], Notes, page 14:
      Pliny calls the second of these brothers, nepotum omnium altissimus gurges; "the deepest gulph of the time," as to high feeding and helluation, or professional gluttonism.