English
gulosity
Gulosity comes from Late Latin gulōsus ‘gluttonous’.
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEgulōsus‘gluttonous’
- Late Latin, derivedc. 200–600 CEgulōsitātem
- Englishearliest quotation 1791gulosity
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEgulōsus‘gluttonous’
- Late Latin, derivedc. 200–600 CEgulōsitātem
- Englishearliest quotation 1791gulosity
Earliest quotation: 1791, James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson: “[T]he 206th number of his Rambler is a masterly…”
Every English word from Late Latin gulōsus
Today it means
noun Excessive appetite; greed, gluttony.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Late Latin gulōsus / gulosity