gormandize

v., -ized, -iz·ing, -iz·es.

v.intr.
To eat gluttonously; gorge.

v.tr.
To devour (food) gluttonously.

[From GOURMANDISE, gluttony (obsolete).]

gormandizer gor'mand·iz'er n.

(GOR-man-dyz-er)

noun
A greedy person.

Etymology
From French gourmandise (gluttony). Both a gourmand and a gourmet enjoy good food, but a gourmand is one who eats to excess while a gourmet is considered a connoisseur of good food.]

Usage
"Was his humble name to be bandied in men's mouths, as the gormandizer of the resources of the poor, as of one who had filched from the charity of other ages wealth which had been intended to relieve the old and the infirm." — Anthony Trollope; The Warden; 1855.

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
  Synonyms: gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, glut, englut, stuff, engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandise, gourmandize, binge, pig out, satiate, scarf out

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - proppe sig, mæske sig
v. tr. - æde grådigt

Nederlands (Dutch)
verslinden/ opschrokken, schransen

Français (French)
v. intr. - faire bonne chère
v. tr. - faire bonne chère

Deutsch (German)
v. - schlemmen, prassen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - περιδρομιάζω

Italiano (Italian)
gozzovigliare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - comer vorazmente, fartar-se

Русский (Russian)
объедаться, обжорство

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - comer con glotonería
v. tr. - comer con glotonería

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - äta glupskt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
大吃, 狼吞虎咽地吃, 贪吃, 拼命吃

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 大吃, 狼吞虎嚥地吃
v. tr. - 貪吃, 拼命吃

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 폭식하다, 게걸스레 먹다
v. tr. - 폭식하다, 게걸스레 먹다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 大食する, がつがつ食べる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يلتهم, يأكل بنهم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮אכל בתאוותנות, זלל‬
v. tr. - ‮זלל, טרף האוכל‬

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