Sentence:  The colonel and his sponsor made a queer contrast: Greystone [the sponsor] long and stringy, with a face that seemed as if a cold wind was eternally playing on it. ... But there was not a more lascivious reprobate and <WSD>gourmand</WSD> in all London than this same Greystone. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink; a greedy or ravenous eater.