gluttonize

English

Alternative forms

• gluttonise

Etymology

From glutton +‎ -ize.

Verb

gluttonize (third-person singular simple present gluttonizes, present participle gluttonizing, simple past and past participle gluttonized)

1. (intransitive) To eat an excessive amount, or voraciously.
   • 1681, Henry Hallywell, Melampronoea:

     the material Demons do strangely gluttonize upon the Nidours and Bloud of Sacrifices

   • 2013, William G. Tapply, Close to the Bone:

     Mayflies are among Mother Nature's most graceful and beautiful creations, and I think I'd believe that even if trout didn't gluttonize on them when they ride on a stream's currents to dry their wings.

Translations

to eat an excessive amount

• Bulgarian: тъпча се (tǎpča se), ям лакомо (jam lakomo)
• Finnish: mässäillä (fi)

References

• “gluttonize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.