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单词 gulosity
释义

gulosity

/ɡjʊˈlɒsɪti /
noun [mass noun] rare
Greed in eating; gluttony.Understand well how much the flesh in this lapsed state is our enemy; and how much gulosity doth strengthen it against us....
  • I have heard him, upon other occasions, talk with great contempt of people who were anxious to gratify their palates; and the 206th number of his Rambler is a masterly essay against gulosity.
  • He would dart out his tongue right and left, as rapidly as lightning, and lap up the ants in quick succession, with the most laudable gulosity.

Origin

Late 15th century: from Latin gulositas (from gulosus 'gluttonous') + -ity.

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