单词 | gluttony |
释义 | gluttonyn. a. The vice of excessive eating. (One of the seven deadly sins.) Also rarely an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > excessive consumption of food or drink > [noun] > gluttony overeateOE gluternessc1175 gluttonryc1175 gluttony?c1225 womb-joyc1300 gluttingc1315 glutterya1340 excessc1386 gule1390 surfeitc1390 gulpingc1394 pamperingc1430 gormandizea1450 gastrimargyc1450 gulositya1500 belly1526 gulling1542 belly-cheer1549 glossing1549 overfeeding1565 epicurism1584 gormandizing1600 gastrimargism1607 gluttoning1607 overeating1652 helluation1656 guttling1731 helluosity1799 gorging1833 gorge1854 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 146 Þe inre fondunge is twafalt..fleschliche ase lecherie of glutunie. slauðe. a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 90 Þe Suwe of ȝiuernesse. þet is glutunie. c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 109 Þe fend bigan to tempte first Crist at pryde and glotonye. c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 141 Glotonye is þat þe bely louyth, & it wastyth bothe body & soule, & a mannys good. 1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance iii. f. 4v This monstruous Emperour, whiche consumed dayes and nyghtes in lecherye and glotony. 1604 King James VI & I Counterblaste to Tobacco sig. B3 The cleering of his conscience from that deadly sinne of gluttonie. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 114 Thir sumptuous gluttonies, and gorgeous feasts. View more context for this quotation 1681 H. Prideaux Lett. (1875) 117 I attribute it to his gluttony, he being ye greatest eater that ever I knew. 1752 D. Hume Polit. Disc. ii. 28 The Tartars are oftener guilty of beastly gluttony, when they feast on their dead horses, than European courtiers with all their refinements of cookery. 1803 S. Smith Wks. (1859) I. 39/2 He lives only to digest, and, while the organs of gluttony perform their office, he has not a wish beyond. 1876 H. N. Humphreys Coin Coll. Man. xxiv. 325 This monster of gluttony [Vitellius]. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > inordinate or excessive desire > [noun] covetingc1315 covetisec1340 covetousness1486 cupidity1547 grippleness1571 overlustiness1583 over-desire1641 voraginousness1654 gluttony1704 1704 R. Steele Lying Lover ii. 18 No, he has a Gluttony, an Hunger for me. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.?c1225 |
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