gulosity

[ gyoo-los-i-tee ]

noun

1. gluttony or greediness.

gulosity

/ ɡjʊˈlɒsɪtɪ /

noun

1. archaic.
   greed or gluttony

Word History and Origins

Origin of gulosity¹

1490–1500; < Late Latin gulōsitās, equivalent to Latin gulōs ( us ) ( gul ( a ) throat, appetite + -ōsus -ose ¹ ) + itās -ity

Word History and Origins

Origin of gulosity¹

C16: from Late Latin gulōsitās, from Latin gulōsus gluttonous, from gula gullet

Example Sentences

Love of the drink, or pleasing the appetite, which we call gulosity.

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This gulosity, which Clemens Alexandrinus calleth the throat devil, and the belly devil is the first cause.

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Gulosity is the general nature of it: excess is the matter: depravation of reason is its special form.

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Think how thou consumest the creatures of God, that are given for service, and not for gulosity and luxury.

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Mostly it doesn't -and the Flying Dutchman resumes his wanderings looking for more venal gulosity and less legal probity.

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