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gluttonize

gluttonize verb: to eat an excessive amount, or voraciously.

Verb

gluttonize (third-person singular simple present gluttonizes, present participle gluttonizing, simple past and past participle gluttonized)

  1. (intransitive) To eat an excessive amount, or voraciously.
    • the material Demons do strangely gluttonize upon the Nidours and Bloud of Sacrifices1681, Henry Hallywell, Melampronoea
    • Mayflies are among Mother Nature's most graceful and beautiful creations, and I think I'd believe that even if trout didn't gluttonize on them when they ride on a stream's currents to dry their wings.2013, William G. Tapply, Close to the Bone

Forms of gluttonize

third-person singular presentgluttonizes
present participlegluttonizing
past participlegluttonized
pastgluttonized
alternative formgluttonise

Origin of gluttonize

From glutton + -ize.

Questions about gluttonize

What does gluttonize mean?
Gluttonize means to eat an excessive amount, or voraciously.
What part of speech is gluttonize?
Gluttonize is a verb.
What is the past tense of gluttonize?
The past tense of gluttonize is gluttonized.

Words near gluttonize in the dictionary

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

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