gormandize

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Hawaiian oranges were delicious, although "I seldom eat more than 10 or 15 at a sitting, however, because I despise to see anybody gormandize."

From Time Magazine Archive

They did not gormandize, for gluttony leads to a fit of indigestion, and that leads to bad temper.

From Mated from the Morgue A tale of the Second Empire by O'Shea, John Augustus

Because he paid his half dollar for meals at the taverns on the way, Tilghman seemed to feel himself licensed to gormandize at a beastly rate.

From Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. XLII., May 1851 by Various

And how I gormandize on hardtack baked in the first place for the Revolutioners, and kept over ever since.

From Si Klegg, Book 3 (of 6) Si And Shorty Meet Mr. Rosenbaum, The Spy, Who Relates His Adventures by McElroy, John

Moreover, the father betrays certain tendencies to gormandize not altogether in harmony with the profession of an ascetic….

From Two Years in the French West Indies by Hearn, Lafcadio