bulimia

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a disorder of eating seen among young women who go on eating binges and then feel guilt and depression and self-condemnation
  2. noun pathologically insatiable hunger (especially when caused by brain lesions)

Etymology

PIE word *gʷṓws Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βουλῑμῐ́ᾱ (boulīmĭ́ā, “ravenous hunger”), from βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + λῑμός (līmós, “hunger, famine”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, “-ia”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

binge-eating syndrome

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