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belly-god

noun

Definitions

  1. A supposed god of appetite, food, and eating.

    • The deck-hands were Cantonese, and, as is well known to worshippers of the belly-god, they eat their rice seasoned.
    • For the moment speech failed him, so active were his gastric Juices. The belly god in him was passionately aroused.

  2. A lover of food

    A lover of food; a glutton; an epicure. See Thesaurus:glutton

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