English
Adjective
gluttonous
- Given to excessive eating; prone to overeating.
#greedy.
Quotations
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1600s=1607 1611|
1800s=1854 1891|
1900s=1914 1929
1607 � w:William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare, s:The Life of Timon of Athens|Timon of Athens iii 4
:Then they could smile and fawn upon his debts,<br>And take down the interest into their gluttonous maws.
1611 � w:King James Version of the Bible|KJV, s:Bible, King James, Matthew|Matthew 11:19
:Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners.
1854 � w:Henry David Thoreau|Henry David Thoreau, s:Walden|Walden
:The voracious caterpillar when transformed into a butterfly ... and the gluttonous maggot when become a fly" content themselves with a drop or two of honey or some other sweet liquid.
1891 � w:Walt Whitman|Walt Whitman, s:Leaves of Grass|Leaves of Grass Book xvii
:Do the feasters gluttonous feast?
1914 � w:Robert W. Service|Robert W. Service, s:The Call|The Call
:Look your last on your dearest ones,<br>Brothers and husbands, fathers, sons:<br>Swift they go to the ravenous guns,<br>The gluttonous guns of War.
1929 � w:H.P. Lovecraft|H.P. Lovecraft, s:Fungi from Yuggoth|Fungi from Yuggoth
:One day the mail-man found no village there,<br>Nor were its folk or houses seen again;<br>People came out from Aylesbury to stare -<br>Yet they all told the mail-man it was plain<br>That he was mad for saying he had spied<br>The great hill's gluttonous eyes, and jaws stretched wide.
Related terms
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