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gluttony

Translations

gluttonynoun
gluttonies
pl
gloutonnerieSurtout pour l’excès de nourriture et de boisson; peut aussi s’employer au sens figuré pour l’avidité excessive.
His gluttony at the buffet was evident as he piled his plate high with food.
Sa gloutonnerie au buffet était évidente : il s’était servi une assiette débordante de nourriture.
Additional translations
gourmandiseSens religieux traditionnel; peut paraître plus neutre hors contexte théologique.
Synonyms
overeating
insatiability
greediness
voracity
rapacity
excess
intemperance

Definitions

gluttonynoun
Excessive eating and drinking.
His gluttony at the buffet was evident as he piled his plate high with food.
Overindulgence in anything to the point of waste.
Her gluttony for luxury items left her with a house full of unused goods.
In Christian theology, one of the seven deadly sins involving habitual excess in eating or drinking.
Medieval sermons often warned the faithful against gluttony as a deadly sin.
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