gluttony

Roget category 957

6. Words relating to the sentient and moral
› 6.4. Moral affections
›› 6.4.4. Moral practice

#957. Gluttony

noun

gluttony — greed, avarice — greediness etc. adj. — voracity.
epicurism — good living, high living — edacity^†, gulosity^†, crapulence^† — guttling^†, guzzling — pantophagy^†.
good cheer, blow out — feast etc. (food) 298 — gastronomy, batterie de cuisine [Fr.].
epicure, bon vivant, gourmand — glutton, cormorant, hog, belly god, Apicius^†, gastronome — gourmet etc. 954.1, 868.
v.. gormandize, gorge — overgorge^†, overeat oneself — engorge, eat one's fill, cram, stuff — guttle^†, guzzle — bolt, devour, gobble up — gulp etc. (swallow food) 298 — raven, eat out of house and home.
have the stomach of an ostrich — play a good knife and fork etc. (appetite) 865.
pamper.

adjective

gluttonous, greedy — gormandizing etc. v. — edacious^†, omnivorous, crapulent^†, swinish.
avaricious etc. 819 — selfish etc. 918.
pampered — overfed, overgorged^†.

phrase

jejunus raro stomachus vulgaria temnit [Lat.] [Horace].

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