gormandizing
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The author of this hedonistic, gormandizing prayer is a Christian clergyman of serene faith.
From Time Magazine Archive
First parents of the human species, whose gormandizing is historic, you who fell for the sake of an apple, what would you not have done for a turkey with truffles?
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 6 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright
The gormandizing contest ended as it began, with songs and dances; in the latter amusement, however, few were now able to join; afterwards ensued a rude attempt at dramatic representation.
From Notes of a Twenty-Five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory Volume I. by M'lean, John
Shakespeare warns you to make thy body less, hence thy grace more; leave gormandizing, and know that the grave doth gape for thee thrice wider than for other men.
From Diet and Health With Key to the Calories by Peters, Lulu Hunt
Maybe 264 I’ll shoot a bird to-morrow, and then I’ll have a gormandizing jag.”
From Colorado Jim by Goodchild, George
