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单词 gluttonism
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gluttonismn.

Etymology: < glutton n. + -ism suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈgluttonism.
The practice of being a glutton (in quot. 1823 figurative, cf. glutton n. 2).Apparently an isolated use.
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1823 T. De Quincey Lett. Young Man in London Mag. Mar. 329/1 One of the chief symptoms is an enormous ‘gluttonism’ for books, and for adding language to language.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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