voracity.
epicurism; good living, high living; edacity†, gulosity†,
crapulence†; guttling†, guzzling; pantophagy†.
good cheer, blow out; feast &c (food) 298; gastronomy, batterie de
cuisine [Fr.].
epicure, bon vivant, gourmand; glutton, cormorant, hog, belly god,
Apicius†, gastronome; gourmet &c 954.1, 868.
v.. gormandize, gorge; overgorge†, overeat oneself; engorge, eat
one's fill, cram, stuff; guttle†, guzzle; bolt, devour, gobble up; gulp
&c (swallow food) 298; raven, eat out of house and home.
have the stomach of an ostrich; play a good knife and fork &c
(appetite) 865.
pamper.
Adj. gluttonous, greedy; gormandizing &c v.; edacious†, omnivorous,
crapulent†, swinish.
avaricious &c 819; selfish &c 918.
pampered; overfed, overgorged†.
Phr. jejunus raro stomachus vulgaria temnit [Lat.] [Horace].