belly-godn.
/ˈbɛlɪˌɡɒd/ 1. One who makes a god of his belly; a glutton.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > excessive consumption of food or drink > [noun] > gluttony > glutton
glutton?c1225
glutc1394
globberc1400
glofferc1440
gluttoner1482
gourmanda1492
ravener1496
belly1526
golofer1529
lurcher1530
cormorant1531
flesh-fly1532
full-belly1536
belly-godc1540
flap-sauce1540
gourmander1542
gully-gut1542
locust1545
glosser1549
greedy-guts1550
hungry gut1552
belly-slave1562
fill-belly1563
grand paunch1569
belly-paunch1570
belly-swainc1571
trencher-slave1571
slapsauce1573
gorche1577
helluo1583
gormandizer1589
eat-all1598
engorger1598
guts1598
guller1604
gourmandist1607
barathrum1609
eatnell1611
snapsauce1611
Phaeacian?1614
gutling1617
overeater1621
polyphage1623
tenterbelly1628
gut-head1629
stiffgut1630
gobble-guts1632
gulist1632
polyphagian1658
fill-paunch1659
gype1662
gulchin1671
stretch-gut1673
gastrolater1694
gundy-gut1699
guttler1732
gobbler1755
trencher-hero1792
gorger1817
polyphagist1819
battenera1849
stuff-guts1875
chowhound1917
gannet1929
Billy Bunter1939
guzzle-guts1959
garbage can1963
foodaholic1965
c1540 Compl. Rodk. Mors xxii. F iv b A sort of bellygods and ydle stoute and strong lorrels.
1620 T. Venner Via Recta vi. 102 Mixt sauces..which of ingurgitating belly-gods are greatly esteemed.
1683 T. Tryon Way to Health 395 Many of our English Belly-Gods suppose Flesh to be most mighty in its operation.
1817 W. Scott Rob Roy III. i. 13 To see thae English belly-gods!
2. A god presiding over the appetites.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > of specific things > of other things
belly-goda1620
wine-god1634
well-god1868
kahuna1962
a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) i. xi. §4. 117 These three Belly-gods; Bacchus, Ceres, Venus.
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