gluttony

G2L1U1T1T1O1N1Y4
/ˈɡlʌ.tən.i/

noun

The vice of eating to excess.

Similar
overeatinggula
Opposite
temperance
OriginOld French glutonie ← Latin glutio →
UncommonScrabble 12
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Meanings

noungluttony (countable and uncountable, plural gluttonies)

plural gluttonies

  1. countableuncountableThe 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?

    1921, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
temperance

nouneating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins)

Similar
overeatinggula
Broader
mortal sindeadly sin
Also see
gluttonousnessgreedgulagulositymiseryovereatingrapaciousnessrapacityravinsurfeit

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinglutio
  2. Old Frenchglutonie
  3. Englishgluttony

From Old French glutonie, from gloton + -ie, from Latin glutio, equivalent to glutton + -y.

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Translations

Ancient Greek γαστριμαργία, λαιμαργία
  • γαστριμαργία (gastrimargía)the vice of eating to excess
  • λαιμαργία (laimargía)the vice of eating to excess
Arabic نَهَم, شَرَه
  • نَهَم (naham)the vice of eating to excess
  • شَرَه (šarah)the vice of eating to excess
  • شَرَاهَة (šarāha)the vice of eating to excess
  • بِطْنَة (biṭna)the vice of eating to excess
Bulgarian лакоми́я, ненаси́тност
  • лакоми́я (lakomíja)the vice of eating to excess
  • ненаси́тност (nenasítnost)the vice of eating to excess
  • чревоуго́дие (črevougódie)the vice of eating to excess
Catalan gola
  • golathe vice of eating to excess
Chinese Mandarin 暴食
  • 暴食 (bàoshí)the vice of eating to excess
Czech obžerství, nenasytnost
  • obžerstvíthe vice of eating to excess
  • nenasytnostthe vice of eating to excess
Danish fråseri
  • fråserithe vice of eating to excess
Dutch vraatzucht, gulzigheid
  • vraatzuchtthe vice of eating to excess
  • gulzigheidthe vice of eating to excess
Esperanto glutemeco
  • glutemecothe vice of eating to excess
Estonian aplus, ahnus
  • aplusthe vice of eating to excess
  • ahnusthe vice of eating to excess
Finnish ylensyönti, mässäily
  • ylensyöntithe vice of eating to excess
  • mässäilythe vice of eating to excess
  • vatsanpalvontathe vice of eating to excess
French gourmandise, gloutonnerie
  • gourmandisethe vice of eating to excess
  • gloutonneriethe vice of eating to excess
German Völlerei, Fresssucht
  • Völlereithe vice of eating to excess
  • Fresssuchtthe vice of eating to excess
  • Gefräßigkeitthe vice of eating to excess
Greek λαιμαργία
  • λαιμαργία (laimargía)the vice of eating to excess
Hungarian torkosság, falánkság
  • torkosságthe vice of eating to excess
  • falánkságthe vice of eating to excess
Irish craos
  • craosthe vice of eating to excess
Italian gola, ghiottoneria
  • golathe vice of eating to excess
  • ghiottoneriathe vice of eating to excess
  • ingordigiathe vice of eating to excess
Japanese 暴食, 健啖
  • 暴食 (bōshoku)the vice of eating to excess
  • 健啖 (kentan)the vice of eating to excess
  • 大食い (ōgui)the vice of eating to excess
Korean 대식, 폭식
  • 대식 (daesik)the vice of eating to excess
  • 폭식 (poksik)the vice of eating to excess
  • 건담하다 (geondamhada)the vice of eating to excess
Latin gula
  • gulathe vice of eating to excess
Norwegian Bokmål fråtseri
  • fråtserithe vice of eating to excess
Persian پرخوری, ژرد
  • پرخوری (porxori)the vice of eating to excess
  • ژرد (žard)the vice of eating to excess
Polish obżarstwo, łakomstwo
  • obżarstwothe vice of eating to excess
  • łakomstwothe vice of eating to excess
  • żarłocznośćthe vice of eating to excess
Portuguese gula, gulodice
  • gulathe vice of eating to excess
  • gulodicethe vice of eating to excess
  • gulosicethe vice of eating to excess
Romanian voracitate, lăcomie
  • voracitatethe vice of eating to excess
  • lăcomiethe vice of eating to excess
Russian чревоуго́дие, обжо́рство
  • чревоуго́дие (črevougódije)the vice of eating to excess
  • обжо́рство (obžórstvo)the vice of eating to excess
  • прожо́рливость (prožórlivostʹ)the vice of eating to excess
Scottish Gaelic craos
  • craosthe vice of eating to excess
Slovak obžerstvo, nenajedenosť
  • obžerstvothe vice of eating to excess
  • nenajedenosťthe vice of eating to excess
  • nenásytnosťthe vice of eating to excess
Spanish gula, glotonería
  • gulathe vice of eating to excess
  • glotoneríathe vice of eating to excess
Swahili ulafi
  • ulafithe vice of eating to excess
Swedish frosseri
  • frosserithe vice of eating to excess
Tagalog katakawan
  • katakawanthe vice of eating to excess
Thai ตะกละ
  • ตะกละ (dtà-glà)the vice of eating to excess
Turkish oburluk
  • oburlukthe vice of eating to excess
Ukrainian обже́рливість, ненаже́рливість
  • обже́рливість (obžérlyvistʹ)the vice of eating to excess
  • ненаже́рливість (nenažérlyvistʹ)the vice of eating to excess
  • обже́рство (obžérstvo)the vice of eating to excess
Welsh glythineb
  • glythinebthe vice of eating to excess
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