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English
Etymology
glutton + -ize
Verb
gluttonize (third-person singular simple present gluttonizes, present participle gluttonizing, simple past and past participle gluttonized)
- (intransitive) To eat an excessive amount, or voraciously.
1681, Henry Hallywell, Melampronoea:the material Demons do strangely gluttonize upon the Nidours and Bloud of Sacrifices
2013, William G. Tapply, Close to the Bone:Mayflies are among Mother Nature's most graceful and beautiful creations, and I think I'd believe that even if trout didn't gluttonize on them when they ride on a stream's currents to dry their wings.
Translations
to eat an excessive amount
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