the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. Excess in eating; extravagant indulgence of the appetite for food; voracity.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Excess in eating, or in eating and drinking; extravagant indulgence of the appetite for food; voracity; luxury of the table.
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n. habitual eating to excess
n. eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins)
Word Usage
"And while the word gluttony evolved from a Latin root that means “to gulp,” that definition doesn’t really illustrate this particular pattern of evil thought accurately or thoroughly."