单词 | gluttonize |
释义 | gluttonizev. a. intransitive. To feast gluttonously. Const. on, †in. Also †to gluttonize it. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > excessive consumption of food or drink > eat or drink to excess [verb (intransitive)] > be gluttonous gourmanda1450 gormandize1548 belly-cheer1549 gurmander1570 overfeed1589 overeat1590 glutton1602 cram1609 gutc1616 pamper1620 guttle1654 gluttonize1656 engorge1667 stuff1728 guddle1825 to make a pig of oneself1873 guts1903 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Gormandize, to ravine, devoure, glut, or gluttonize it. 1660 R. Allestree Gentlemans Calling 78 For how else can it become possible, that one rank of men should gluttonize, and another starve? 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 810 That Conceit; that Evil Demons..were..delighted with the Blood and Nidours of Sacrifices,..which they did as it were Luxuriate and Gluttonize in. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa IV. xviii. 80 The palliating consolation of an Hottentot heart, determined rather to gluttonize on the garbage of other foul feeders, than to reform. 1804 C. B. Brown tr. C. F. de Volney View Soil & Climate U.S.A. 368 When game is plenty..they revel and gluttonize. b. transitive. To feast gluttonously on. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > tenderness > foolish affection, excessive love or fondness > be infatuatedly fond or love to excess [verb (transitive)] dote1483 fond1530 gluttonize1795 1795 S. T. Coleridge Lett. (1895) 136 Mine eye gluttonizes the sea. Derivatives ˈgluttonizing n. and adj. ΚΠ 1827 Mirror II. 435/2 Greet this gluttonizing day, And hail the new Lord Mayor. 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 21 Dec. 4/1 The Christmas gluttonizing of the well-to-do. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1656 |
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