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Definition of Gluttonize
1. Verb. Eat a lot and without restraint.
Definition of Gluttonize
1. v. i. To eat to excess; to eat voraciously; to gormandize.
Definition of Gluttonize
1. Verb. (intransitive) To eat an excessive amount, or voraciously. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gluttonize
Literary usage of Gluttonize
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"See gluttonize. ... Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, iv. gluttonize (glut'n-iz), vi ;
prêt, and pp. glut- ionised, ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1873)
"Jewel, sb. the starling of a wooden bridge. Just noo (that is, just now), adv.
immediately, instantly. Kedge, v. to gluttonize. Keale, Kale, sb. broth, ..."
3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists (1869)
"The hawk will sometimes gluttonize itself so that you can approach very near it
before it will attempt to fly. The Screech-owl, like all nocturnal birds of ..."
4. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"Cotgrave has : ' Gourmander, to ravine, devour, glut, gormandize or gluttonize it.'
The addition of -ize was no doubt suggested by the previous existence in ..."
5. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... spec, engorge (rare), touch, gormandize, gluttonize, dispatch (colloq.),
table (rare), gorge. 2. See CONSUME, CORRODE, ERODE, WEAR. easy-going, a. easy, ..."
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