gluttonish
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English glotenish, equivalent to glutton + -ish.
Adjective
[edit]gluttonish (comparative more gluttonish, superlative most gluttonish)
- gluttonous
- 1871, Ledyard Bill, Minnesota; Its Character and Climate[1]:
- People with gluttonish inclinations can easily and do make themselves sick while subsisting on an entirely fruit diet; hence, if discretion is needed in the use of the simplest articles of food, of course it cannot be dispensed with while indulging in other sorts.
- 1920, Robert Ames Bennet, Bloom of Cactus[2]:
- The handsome face of the young Apache seemed utterly blank of all expression except gluttonish enjoyment of the food he was wolfing.