Definition of GLUTTONY

gluttony

Plural: gluttonies

Noun

  • Habitual greed or excessive indulgence in food.
  • habitual eating to excess
  • eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins)
  • The vice of eating to excess.

Examples

  • His GLUTTONY for high scores led him to risk an opening for my bingos.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

gula, overeating

Antonyms

temperance

Scrabble Score: 12

gluttony: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
gluttony: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
gluttony: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

gluttony: valid Words With Friends Word