gluttonism

English

Etymology

From glutton +‎ -ism.

Noun

gluttonism (uncountable)

  1. The state of being a glutton.
    • 1820, Ange Denis Macquin, Tabella cibaria‎[1], Notes, page 14:
      Pliny calls the second of these brothers, nepotum omnium altissimus gurges; "the deepest gulph of the time," as to high feeding and helluation, or professional gluttonism.
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