gluttony

Pronunciation: /ˈɡlʌ.tən.i/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun habitual eating to excess
  2. noun eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins)

Etymology

Old French glutonie, from gloton + -ie < Latin glutio, equivalent to glutton + -y.

In classic literature

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
intemperance
Narrower (hyponyms)
edacity, greediness

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