Gluttonous
/ˈɡlʌt.ən.əs/noun
Having or showing an excessive appetite for food or drink.
Did you know?Gluttonous comes from a French word tied to greedy swallowing, and in medieval Christian moral writing gluttony was treated as a deadly spiritual disorder, not just bad manners.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*gwel-
“to devour, gulp down”
Late Latin
Latin
gluttīre
“to gulp, swallow greedily”
Old French
Old French
gloton
“a greedy eater, glutton”
Middle English
English
glotoun
“a greedy eater; one who eats or drinks excessively”
Modern English
English
gluttonous
“excessively fond of eating or drinking; voracious”