gormandizer

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On the same principle, the gormandizer needs more of this element than the person of abstemious habits.

From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Cutter, Calvin

But to his surprise and dismay the guest barely touched most of the dishes, and ate so sparingly of others that Burns felt himself, with his hearty, normal appetite, a gormandizer.

From Mrs. Red Pepper by Richmond, Grace S. (Grace Smith)

The Frenchman is ravenous for the theatrical situation,—a perfect gormandizer of the dramatic event.

From Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life by Murray, Charles Theodore

A greedy gormandizer of books in many languages, he had little of the dainty scholarship so much prized at the neighboring university.

From A History of American Christianity by Bacon, Leonard Woolsey

He combined with admirable art, and in masterly proportions, the thirst of a gormandizer with the discretion of a judge.

From Les Misérables by Hapgood, Isabel Florence