gluttonous (glutnus)

[ Seke thow nat with a glotonos hond to stryne and pre e the stalkes of the vyne in the ferst somer sesoun. Chaucer , Boethius, i. meter 6. Then they could smile, and fawn upon his debts, And take down th' interest into their gluttonous maws. Shak ., T. of A., iii. 4. Extravagance becomes gluttonous of marvels. Is. Taylor, Nat. Hist. Enthusiasm, p. 70. 2. Characterized by or consisting in exce ive eating. The exceeding luxuriousne of this gluttonous age, wherein we pre nature with over-weighty burdens, and finding her strength defective, we take the work out of her hands, and commit it to the artificial help of strong waters. Sir W. Raleigh. Rank abundance breeds, In gro and pampered cities, sloth, and lust And wantonne , and gluttonous exce . Cowper , Task, i. 688. gluttonously (glut'n-us-li), adv. In a gluttonous manner; with the voracity of a glutton; with exce ive eating.