C16: from Late Latin gulōsitās, from Latin gulōsus gluttonous, from gula gullet
gulosity in American English
(gjuˈlɑsəti)
noun
Rare
greediness
Word origin
LL gulositas < gulosus, gluttonous < gula, gullet
gulosity in American English
(ɡjuːˈlɑsɪti)
noun
gluttony or greediness
Word origin
[1490–1500; ‹ LL gulōsitās, equiv. to L gulōs(us) (gul(a) throat, appetite + -ōsus-ose1) + itās-ity]This word is first recorded in the period 1490–1500. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: filler, modern, odds, pointer, zone-ity is a suffix used to form abstract nouns expressing state or condition. Other wordsthat use the affix -ity include: Latinity, civility, jollity