gula

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the Babylonian goddess of healing and consort of Ninurta
  2. noun eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin gula (“throat, gullet”).

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