helluousadj.
/ˈhɛljʊəs/, U.S. /ˈhɛljuəs/ rare.
Gluttonous.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > excessive consumption of food or drink > [adjective] > gluttonous
freckc950
egernec1200
gluttonous1340
glutterous1382
lecherous1480
pampereda1529
glutton1532
draffsacked1548
gourmand1557
pampering1562
guttish1567
ingluvious1569
belly-fed1574
lurching1577
gulling1579
lickerous-mouthed1579
gully-gut1582
gormandizing1596
belly-devout1599
guttling1633
helluous1641
gulous1657
belly-proud1675
gut-led1682
gulligutted1694
poke pudding1705
ungodly1746
ventripotent1823
ventripotential1824
guttlesome1861
1641 J. Johnson Acad. Love 2 Shee, making me the cadaver of her love to feed her helluous gorge.
1921 W. Radcliffe Fishing from Earliest Times xv. 229 [Martial's] helluous pronunciamiento, that practically the only really good Aurata was that whose haunt was the Lucrine lake.
Derivatives
helluˈosity n. gluttony, voracity.
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
1799 Public Characters 101 So voracious and insatiable is his helluosity.
1830 Fraser's Mag. 1 748 The helluosity of my reading, and omnivorous voracity with which I digest..all manner of languages.
1855 Southern Literary Messenger Aug. 466/1 We would allow him any latitude short of the helluosity of a D'Israeli or a Parr.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1641