gavage

What it means

1. uncountableA process of force-feeding a goose for foie gras
2. uncountableA process of force-feeding cattle for veal
3. uncountablemedicineFeeding by means of a tube passed into the stomach

In a sentence

If the Panic of '08 had never happened, and the city kept gavaging itself on luxury, there would be plenty of other delis transformed into purple-colored dandy stores like this one.

2009 January 8, Mike Albo, “Of-the-Moment, Yet So Five Months Ago”, in New York Times

Where it comes from

1. Frenchgavage
2. Englishgavage

Borrowed from French gavage, from gaver (“to stuff or cram”).