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单词 gluttony
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gluttonyn.

Brit. /ˈɡlʌtəni/, /ˈɡlʌtn̩i/, U.S. /ˈɡlət(ə)ni/
Forms: Middle English glutunie, Middle English–1500s glotonie, glotonye, (Middle English glotoni, glotani, glotany, glot(o)unye, glotowny, glotenie, glotyne), Middle English gloteny(e, Middle English–1500s glotony, 1500s glottenie, gluttenie, glutteny, (Scottish glwtone), 1600s gluttonie, 1500s– gluttony.
Etymology: < Old French glutunie, glutonie, glo(u)tenie, etc. (also glouternie , etc.), abstract noun related to glutton n. and adj., in modern French replaced by gloutonnerie (see gluttonry n.).
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].
personified.a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 47 Whil mi lif wes luþer ant lees; Glotonie mi glemon wes.14.. J. Lydgate Assembly of Gods 628 Aftyr whom rood Glotony, with hys fat berde.a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 151 Than the fowll monstir Glutteny, Off wame vnsasiable and gredy, To dance he did him dres.1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. iv. sig. D3 And by his [sc. Idlenesse's] side rode loathsome Gluttony.1637 J. Milton Comus 27 Swinish gluttony Ne'er looks to heav'n amidst his gorgeous feast, But..Cramms, and blasphemes his feeder.
b. figurative. rare.
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.
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