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

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

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

And others enjoy themselves and gormandize themselves with our labor; and they hold us like dogs on chains, in ignorance.

From Mother by Gorky, Maksim

Well, thou shalt see; thy eyes shall be thy judge, The difference of old Shylock and Bassanio:— What, Jessica!—Thou shalt not gormandize, As thou hast done with me;—What, Jessica!—

From The Merchant of Venice by Shakespeare, William