(adj) given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink, Ant. abstemious, Example:over-fed women and their gluttonous husbands; a gluttonous debauch; a gluttonous appetite for food and praise and pleasure
a. Given to gluttony; eating to excess; indulging the appetite; voracious; as, a gluttonous age. -- Glut"ton*ous*ly, adv. -- Glut"ton*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]
[饕餮, tāo tièㄊㄠ ㄊㄧㄝˋ] ferocious mythological animal, the fifth son of the dragon king; zoomorphic mask motif, found on Shang and Zhou ritual bronzes; gluttonous; sumptuous (banquet)#29977