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Gluttonous

adjective

Given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink. "A gluttonous debauch" , "A gluttonous appetite for food and praise and pleasure"

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"Gluttonous" Quotes from Famous Books

... had the temperament of their country, suffering from great excitement of the nerves, and from what was called flatulence of the womb. But in each the result was entirely different; being very carnal in the case of Laugier, who was gluttonous, lazy, passionate; but wholly cerebral with regard to the pure and gentle Catherine, who owing to her ailments or to a lively imagination that took everything up into itself, had no ideas concerning sex. "At twenty she was like a child of seven." For nothing cared she ...

— La Sorciere: The Witch of the Middle Ages • Jules Michelet

... formed a design, in conjunction with the apothecary, to send Zadig to search for a basilisk in the other world. Thus, having suffered such a long train of calamities on account of his good actions, he was now upon the point of losing his life for curing a gluttonous lord. He was invited to an excellent dinner and was to have been poisoned in the second course, but, during the first, he happily received a courier from the fair Astarte. "When one is beloved by a ...

— Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories • Edited by Julian Hawthorne

... I want to about 'em," retorted Louisa, "and precious little that's good. They 're a gluttonous, self-indulgent, extravagant, reckless, pleasure-loving lot! My husband was one of the best of 'em, and he would n't have amounted to a hill of beans if I had n't devoted fifteen years to disciplining, uplifting, and ...

— Homespun Tales • Kate Douglas Wiggin

... that he was dependent on the food supplied by his stepfather and uncles, and they had to expostulate with him on what they called his shark-like voracity. This gave rise to the common native nickname of a manohae (ravenous shark) for a very gluttonous man, especially ...

— Hawaiian Folk Tales - A Collection of Native Legends • Various

... that," said Sancho; "if they'll roast us a couple of chickens we'll be satisfied, for my master is delicate and eats little, and I'm not over and above gluttonous." ...

— Don Quixote • Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

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