glutton

English

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Etymology

Old French gloton, gluton, from Latin gluto, glutonis.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈglʌ.t͡ʔn̩/

Adjective

glutton (comparative more glutton, superlative most glutton)

1. 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

Noun

glutton (plural gluttons)

1. One who eats voraciously, obsessively, or to excess; a gormandizer.

   "Such a glutton would eat until his belly hurts."

2. (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."

3. (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.

Translations

one who eats voraciously

Arabic: أكال (ar) ('akkaal) m., شره (ar) (shárah) m., نهم (ar) (náhim) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 暴食者 (cmn) (bàoshízhě), 饞嘴 (cmn), 馋嘴 (cmn) (chánzuǐ), 饕餮 (cmn) (tāotiè) Czech: žrout (cs) m., nenasyta (cs) m. and f. Finnish: ahmatti (fi) French: glouton (fr) m., gourmand (fr) m. German: Vielfraß (de) m., Nimmersatt (de) m. Greek: λαίμαργος (el) (laímargos) m., αδηφάγος (el) (adifágos) m. Hungarian: hasimádó (hu) Icelandic: átvagl (is) n., mathákur (is) m., svelgur (is) m. Italian: ghiottone (it), ingordo (it), divoratore (it)

Japanese: 食いしん坊 (ja) (くいしんぼう, kuishinbō), 健啖家 (ja) (けんたんか, kentanka) Meru: kiragua Polish: żarłok (pl) m. Russian: чревоугодник (ru) (črevougódnik) m., обжора (ru) (obžóra) m. and f., гурман (ru) (gurmán) m. Serbian: ždera f. Spanish: glotón (es) m., hambrón (es) m. Swahili: mlafi (sw) Swedish: frossare (sv) c. Telugu: తిండిపోతు (te) (tinDipOtu)

one who gluts himself

Finnish: mässäilijä (fi) Greek: αχόρταγος (el) (achórtagos) m.

Swahili: walafi (sw)

zoology

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 貂熊 (cmn) (diāoxióng) Finnish: ahma (fi) French: carcajou (fr) m.

German: Vielfraß (de) m., Bärenmarder (de) m. Italian: ghiottone (it), volverina (it), ossifraga (it) Japanese: 貂熊 (ja), クズリ (ja) (kuzuri) Russian: росомаха (ru) (rosomáxa) f. Spanish: glotón (es) m., carcayú (es) m.

See also

• glutton for punishment

Verb

glutton (third-person singular simple present gluttons, present participle gluttoning, simple past and past participle gluttoned)

1. (obsolete) To glut; to eat voraciously.

   "Gluttoned at last, return at home to pine." -Lovelace.

   "Whereon in Egypt gluttoning they fed." -Drayton.

Quotations

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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.

Related terms

• gluttonous
• gluttonously
• gluttony