glutton
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[edit] English
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[edit] Etymology
Old French gloton, gluton, from Latin gluto, glutonis.
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[edit] Adjective
glutton (comparative more glutton, superlative most glutton)
- gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing.
- "A glutton monastery in former ages makes a hungry ministry in our days." -Fuller.
- 1597 — William Shakespeare, 2 Henry IV i 3
- So, so, thou common dog, didst thou disgorge
Thy glutton bosom of the royal Richard
- So, so, thou common dog, didst thou disgorge
[edit] Noun
glutton (plural gluttons)
- One who eats voraciously, obsessively, or to excess; a gormandizer.
- "Such a glutton would eat until his belly hurts."
- (figuratively) One who consumes voraciously, obsessively, or to excess
- 1705 — George Granville, The British Enchanters
- "Gluttons in murder, wanton to destroy."
- c.1860 — Emily Dickinson, Hope is a subtle Glutton
- Hope is a subtle Glutton / He feeds upon the Fair
- 1878 — Thomas Hardy, The Return of the Native
- "A good few indeed, my man," replied the captain. "Yes, you may make away with a deal of money and be neither drunkard nor glutton."
- 1705 — George Granville, The British Enchanters
- (zoology) A carnivorous mammal (Gulo gulo), of the family Mustelidæ, about the size of a large badger. It was formerly believed to be inordinately voracious, whence the name; the wolverine. It is a native of the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia.
[edit] Translations
one who eats voraciously
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one who gluts himself
zoology
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[edit] Verb
glutton (third-person singular simple present gluttons, present participle gluttoning, simple past and past participle gluttoned)
- (obsolete) To glut; to eat voraciously.
- "Gluttoned at last, return at home to pine." -Lovelace.
- "Whereon in Egypt gluttoning they fed." -Drayton.
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- 1598 — William Shakespeare, Sonnet 75
- Thus do I pine and surfeit day by day, / Or gluttoning on all, or all away.