binge eatern.
/ˈbɪn(d)ʒ ˈiːtə/, U.S. /ˈbɪndʒ ˈidər/ A person who engages in binge eating; spec. one who suffers from binge-eating disorder (see binge-eating disorder n. at binge eating n. Compounds).
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1960 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 3 Feb. 27/7 The binge eater..is like many alcoholics. He goes on an eating orgy—also in times of stress.
1993 Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) 18 July vi. 1/1 Unlike..bulimia nervosa, with people intaking large amounts of food and then purging it by vomiting or taking laxatives, binge eaters regularly consume large amounts without purging.
2002 M. Herrin & N. Matsumoto Parent's Guide to Childhood Eating Disorders i. 13 Like bulimics, binge eaters suffer a great deal of distress over their inability to stop eating once they have started a binge.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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