gluttonous

Adjective

1. Given to excessive eating; prone to overeating.
   • Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. - 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 11:19:

   Synonyms: gluttonish gluttonly

2. Greedy.
   • Then they could smile and fawn upon his debts, / And take down the interest into their gluttonous maws. - c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares...
   • ["]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. - 1854 August 9, Henry D[avid]...
   • Do the feasters gluttonous feast? / Do the corpulent sleepers sleep? have they lock'd and bolted doors? / Still be ours the diet hard, and the blanket on the ground, / Pioneers! O pioneers! - 1865 October 28, Walt...