belly-god
(ˈbɛlɪˌgɒd)
[f. as prec. + god.]
1. One who makes a god of his belly; a glutton.
| c 1540 Compl. Rodk. Mors xxii. F iv b, A sort of bellygods and ydle stoute and strong lorrels. 1620 Venner Via Recta vi. 102 Mixt sauces..which of ingurgitating belly-gods are greatly esteemed. 1683 Tryon Way to Health 395 Many of our English Belly-Gods suppose Flesh to be most mighty in its operation. 1818 Scott Rob Roy xxviii, ‘To see thae English belly-gods!’ |
| attrib. c 1570 Bp. St. Andrew's in Scot. Poems II. 307 Fals Pharisianis, Bellie god bischopis. 1634–46 Row Hist. Kirk (1842) 344 Bellie-god bishops hes little will of that work. |
2. A god presiding over the appetites.
| a 1619 M. Fotherby Atheom. i. xi. §4 (1622) 117 These three Belly-gods; Bacchus, Ceres, Venus. |