glutton

[ gluht-n ]

/ ˈglʌt n /

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noun

a person who eats and drinks excessively or voraciously.

a person with a remarkably great desire or capacity for something: a glutton for work; a glutton for punishment.

OTHER WORDS FOR glutton

1 gourmand; gastronome; chowhound.

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Origin of glutton

1175–1225; Middle English glutun<Old French glouton<Latin gluttōn- (stem of gluttō), variant of glūtō glutton, akin to glūtīre to gulp down

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH glutton

gluten, glutton

Words nearby glutton

gluteus medius, gluteus minimus, glutinant, glutinous, glutose, glutton, glutton for punishment, gluttonize, gluttonous, gluttony, Gly

Other definitions for glutton (2 of 2)

glutton²

[ gluht-n ]

/ ˈglʌt n /

noun

the wolverine, Gulo gulo, of Europe.

Origin of glutton

1665–75; translation of German Vielfrass, equivalent to viel much + frass eating, derivative of fressen (of animals) to eat

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How to use glutton in a sentence

The last time I made it, this glutton for punishment asked his significant other to grade it.
The food critic gets critiqued: What Tom Sietsema learned in a year of pandemic home cooking|Tom Sietsema|July 14, 2021|Washington Post
The Daily Pic: The Italian was such a glutton for order, he could have been the first conceptualist.
Proof That Morandi Was Sol LeWitt's Teacher?|Blake Gopnik|September 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
For while he can be as diverting as the greatest glutton for mirth desires, he has all the machinery of dejection too.
Adventures and Enthusiasms|E. V. Lucas
I see the tiny drops spurt out, lapped up by the glutton as soon as they appear.
More Hunting Wasps|J. Henri Fabre

At Glutton Mill the character of the scenery changes with the geological nature of the country.
The Rivers of Great Britain: Rivers of the East Coast|Various
Most high and mighty Czar of all flesh, ceaseless reducer of empires, unfathomable glutton in the whole realms of nature.
Poems of The Third Period|Friedrich Schiller
I was like a glutton before a table piled high with delicacies and with plenty of time to spare.
The Blue Germ|Martin Swayne

British Dictionary definitions for glutton (1 of 2)

glutton¹

/ (ˈɡlʌtən) /

noun

a person devoted to eating and drinking to excess; greedy person

often ironic a person who has or appears to have a voracious appetite for somethinga glutton for punishment

Derived forms of glutton

gluttonous, adjectivegluttonously, adverb

Word Origin for glutton

C13: from Old French glouton, from Latin glutto, from gluttīre to swallow

British Dictionary definitions for glutton (2 of 2)

glutton²

/ (ˈɡlʌtən) /

noun

another name for wolverine

Word Origin for glutton

C17: from glutton 1, apparently translating German Vielfrass great eater

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