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guttlesome en · ADJ

Etymology

From guttle (“to swallow (something) greedily; to gobble; to guzzle; to eat voraciously; to gorge”) + -some (“characterized by some specific condition or quality, usually to a considerable degree”).

Meanings

1. (UK, dialectal) Greedily eating and gorging oneself; gluttonous.
   • 'What one of those guttlesome parsons who came every year to our dinners?' A momentary sadness passed over the company; on my mind the impression lingered; the talking, eating, evangelical parson, always going out to dinners, was dead. 1861 February 2, “The Sinfulness of Balls”, in Saturday Review, volume 11, number 275, page 115:
   • Since when I've cleared the table to feed these guttlesome swans—on the best cake, too, which is simply immoral. 1919, Lucas Malet, The Tall Villa, George H. Doran Company, →OCLC, page 95:

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