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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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15 words match “GLUTTONOUS”

GLUTTONOUS a.
Given to gluttony; eating to excess; indulging the appetite; voracious; as, a gluttonous age. -- Glut"ton*ous*ly, adv. -- Glut"ton*ous*ness, n.
CORMORANT n.
A voracious eater; a glutton, or gluttonous servant. B. Jonson.
GLUT v.
To eat gluttonously or to satiety. Like three horses that have broken fence, And glutted all night long breast-deep in corn. Tennyson.
GLUTTON a.
Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing. "Glutton souls." Dryden. A glutton monastery in former ages makes a hungry ministry in our days. Fuller.
GLUTTONISH a.
Gluttonous; greedy. Sir P. Sidney.
GORMAND a.
Gluttonous; voracious. Pope.
GRISON n.
led South American glutton. (b) A South American monkey (Lagothrix infumatus), said to be gluttonous.
GULE n.
The throat; the gullet. [Obs.] Throats so wide and gules so gluttonous. Gauden.
HOG n.
A mean, filthy, or gluttonous fellow. [Low.]
HOGGISH a.
Swinish; gluttonous; filthy; selfish. -- Hog"gish*ly, adv. -- Hog"gish*ness, n. Is not a hoggish life the height of some men's wishes Shaftesbury.
INGLUVIOUS a.
Gluttonous. [Obs.] Blount.
SOAK v.
To drink intemperately or gluttonously. [Slang]
STUFF v.
To feed gluttonously; to cram. Taught harmless man to cram and stuff. Swift.
VORACIOUS a.
Greedy in eating; very hungry; eager to devour or swallow; ravenous; gluttonous; edacious; rapacious; as, a voracious man or appetite; a voracious gulf or whirlpool. Dampier. -- Vo*ra"cious*ly, adv. -- Vo*ra"cious*ness, n.
WEASY a.
Given to sensual indulgence; gluttonous. [Obs.] Joye.