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gulosity Now rare.|gjuːˈlɒsɪtɪ|
Also 6 Sc. gelocitie.
[ad. late L. gulōsitāt-em, f. gulōs-us (see next).]
Gluttony, greediness, voracity.
a1500Bernard. cura rei fam. (E.E.T.S.) 70 Infekyt with gulosite. 1528Paynel Salerne's Regim. R, This disease chanceth many tymes to swyne through theyr gulosite. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. (1858) I. 91 He gaif him alway to gelocitie, To fleschlie lust and foull faminitie. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iv. x. 202 They are very temperate, seldome..erring in gulosity or superfluity of meats. 1791Boswell Johnson 5 Aug. an. 1763 The 206th number of his Rambler is a masterly essay against gulosity. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. I. ii. viii, Corruption among the lofty and the low, gulosity, credulity, imbecility. 1865Pall Mall G. 14 Dec. 10/1 He chuckled over his sensuality in such an unsuspiciousness of moral candour, and with such an intensity of relish, that you almost envied his gulosity. |