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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1499-1535
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Gulosit(i)e, n. [e.m.E. (1528), L. gulōsitas.] Greediness in eating; gluttony. — a1500 Bernardus 67.
Quha is infekyt with gulosite, … It leffys tham nocht quhill dede tham part 1535 Stewart 3468.
This king he wox rycht vile, Gredie and glittus in gulositie 1535 Ib. 23751; etc.
Voluptuous, full of gulositie
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