gluttonous

UK /ˈɡlʌt(ə)nəs/ US /ˈɡlʌt(ə)nəs/
adj 2

Definitions

adj

1

Given to excessive eating; prone to overeating.

Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners.

2

Greedy.

Then they could smile and fawn upon his debts, / And take down the interest into their gluttonous maws.

["]The voracious caterpillar when transformed into a butterfly," … "and the gluttonous maggot when become a fly," content themselves with a drop or two of honey or some other sweet liquid.

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