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guttlesome

guttlesome adjective: greedily eating and gorging oneself; gluttonous.

Adjective

guttlesome (comparative more guttlesome, superlative most guttlesome)

  1. (UK, dialectal) Greedily eating and gorging oneself; gluttonous.
    • 'What one of those guttlesome parsons who came every year to our dinners?' A momentary sadness passed over the company; on my mind the impression lingered; the talking, eating, evangelical parson, always going out to dinners, was dead.1861 February 2, “The Sinfulness of Balls”, in Saturday Review, volume 11, number 275, page 115
    • Since when I've cleared the table to feed these guttlesome swans—on the best cake, too, which is simply immoral.1919, Lucas Malet, The Tall Villa, George H. Doran Company, →OCLC, page 95

Forms of guttlesome

comparativemore guttlesome
superlativemost guttlesome

Origin of guttlesome

From guttle (“to swallow (something) greedily; to gobble; to guzzle; to eat voraciously; to gorge”) + -some (“characterized by some specific condition or quality, usually to a considerable degree”).

Questions about guttlesome

What does guttlesome mean?
Guttlesome means greedily eating and gorging oneself; gluttonous.
What part of speech is guttlesome?
Guttlesome is an adjective.

Words near guttlesome in the dictionary

  1. guttle
  2. guttled
  3. guttler
  4. guttlers
  5. guttles
  6. guttlesome
  7. guttling
  8. Guttman
  9. Guttmans
  10. guttocks
  11. gutts

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