gormandizing

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The author of this hedonistic, gormandizing prayer is a Christian clergyman of serene faith.

From Time Magazine Archive

Making Forty Mile with a view to dissipating his newly found wealth in a gormandizing “jag,” he sent the settlers in that ramshackle camp into wild excitement by producing nuggets of a size hitherto unmatched.

From Colorado Jim by Goodchild, George

But, amid gormandizing, Serlo entertained another plan, which he longed to have fulfilled.

From Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) by Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von

This fairy tale of a gormandizing people contains no mention of Thanksgiving Day.

From Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know by Dickinson, Asa Don

After gormandizing about five pounds, and getting a few whiffs at Mat's old stone pipe, I took his nest under the log, and slept a few hours sound as a pig of lead.

From The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes by Falconbridge