gluttonous

adj

Etymology: From Middle English glotenose, glotenouse, glotonos, glotonous, glotounius, glotynous, from Middle French glotonos; equivalent to glutton + -ous.

1. Given to excessive eating; prone to overeating.

   “Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners.”

2. Greedy.

   “Then they could smile and fawn upon his debts, / And take down the interest into their gluttonous maws.”

   “["]The voracious caterpillar when transformed into a butterfly," … "and the gluttonous maggot when become a fly," content themselves with a drop or two of honey or some other sweet liquid.”