gluttony
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gluttony
- /ˈɡlʌ.tən.i/
Where it comes from
From Old French glutonie, from gloton + -ie, from Latin glutio, equivalent to glutton + -y.
noun gluttonies
- The vice of eating to excess. The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite.[…]Can those harmless but refined fellow-diners be the selfish cads whose gluttony and personal appearance so raised your contemptuous wrath on your arrival?
Opposite: temperance
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noun
Opposite: temperance
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noun the vice of eating to excess
| Español | gula, glotonería |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 대식 daesik, 폭식 poksik, 건담하다 geondamhada |
| 日本語 | 暴食 bōshoku, 健啖 kentan, 大食い ōgui |
| 中文 | 暴食 bàoshí |
| Kiswahili | ulafi |
| Português | gula, gulodice, gulosice |
| Français | gourmandise, gloutonnerie |
| Deutsch | Völlerei, Fresssucht, Gefräßigkeit |
| Italiano | gola, ghiottoneria, ingordigia |
| Ελληνικά | λαιμαργία laimargía |
| Română | voracitate, lăcomie |
| Русский | чревоуго́дие črevougódije, обжо́рство obžórstvo, прожо́рливость prožórlivostʹ |
| العربية | نَهَم naham, شَرَه šarah, شَرَاهَة šarāha, بِطْنَة biṭna |
Talk about this word "gluttony." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/gluttony. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. gluttony. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/gluttony "gluttony." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/gluttony.Cite this
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