glutton

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[ gluht-n ]
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noun
  1. a person who eats and drinks excessively or voraciously.

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

Origin of glutton

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First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English glutun, from Old French glouton, from Latin gluttōn-, stem of gluttō, variant of glūtō, akin to glūtīre “to gulp down”

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Other definitions for glutton (2 of 2)

glutton2
[ gluht-n ]

noun
  1. the wolverine, Gulo gulo, of Europe.

Origin of glutton

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First recorded in 1665–75; translation of German Vielfraß, from viel “much” (cognate with obsolete English fele; see also plus ) + fraß “eater” (noun derivative of fressen “to eat” (used of animals); cf. fress, fret1 )

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How to use glutton in a sentence

  • 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
  1. a person devoted to eating and drinking to excess; greedy person

  2. often ironic a person who has or appears to have a voracious appetite for something: a glutton for punishment

Origin of glutton

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

Derived forms of glutton

  • gluttonous, adjective
  • gluttonously, adverb

British Dictionary definitions for glutton (2 of 2)

glutton2

/ (ˈɡlʌtən) /


noun
  1. another name for wolverine

Origin of glutton

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

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