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gluttonism

gluttonism noun: the state of being a glutton.

Noun

gluttonism (uncountable)

  1. The state of being a glutton.
    • 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.1820, Ange Denis Macquin, Tabella cibaria, Notes, page 14

Origin of gluttonism

From glutton + -ism.

Questions about gluttonism

What does gluttonism mean?
Gluttonism means the state of being a glutton.
What part of speech is gluttonism?
Gluttonism is a noun.

Words near gluttonism in the dictionary

  1. gluttonised
  2. gluttonises
  3. gluttonish
  4. gluttonishly
  5. gluttonising
  6. gluttonism
  7. gluttonize
  8. gluttonized
  9. gluttonizes
  10. gluttonizing
  11. gluttonly

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