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Meaning of belly-god | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A supposed god of appetite, food, and eating.
  2. A lover of food; a glutton; an epicure. See Thesaurus:glutton
    obsolete

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

belly-timber belly-up peach belly-wahk belly-wark Bellyache bellyache bush

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