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gluttony
(glut|tony)
Pronunciation:
/ˈglʌt(ə)ni/
noun
[
mass noun
]
habitual greed or excess in eating:
she said plumpness was a sign of gluttony in most cases
Origin:
Middle English
: from Old French
glutonie
, from
gluton
'glutton'
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