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GLUTTONY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins)
Synonyms:
gluttony; gula; overeating
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("gluttony" is a kind of...):
deadly sin; mortal sin (an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Habitual eating to excess
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("gluttony" is a kind of...):
intemperance (the quality of being intemperate)
Attribute:
gluttonous (given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gluttony"):
greediness; hoggishness; piggishness (an excessive desire for food)
edacity; esurience; rapaciousness; rapacity; voraciousness; voracity (extreme gluttony)
