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glutton en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /ˈɡlʌtn̩/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Middle English glotoun, from Old French gloton, gluton, from Latin gluttō, gluttōnis (“glutton”).
The use for the wolverine is a semantic loan from German Vielfraß, itself a folk etymology for Old Norse *fjallfress (literally “mountain cat”). The popular belief that the wolverine is particularly voracious only developed because of this name. See the German for more.
Meanings
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Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing.
So, so, thou common dog, didst thou disgorge
Thy glutton bosom of the royal Richard?
1597, William Shakespeare, 2 Henry IV i 3:A glutton monastery in former ages makes a hungry ministry in our days.
1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):
Forms
glutton en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /ˈɡlʌtn̩/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Middle English glotoun, from Old French gloton, gluton, from Latin gluttō, gluttōnis (“glutton”).
The use for the wolverine is a semantic loan from German Vielfraß, itself a folk etymology for Old Norse *fjallfress (literally “mountain cat”). The popular belief that the wolverine is particularly voracious only developed because of this name. See the German for more.
Meanings
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One who eats voraciously, obsessively, or to excess; a gormandizer.
Such a glutton would eat until his belly hurts.
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(broadly) One who consumes anything voraciously, obsessively, or to excess.
Hope is a subtle glutton; / He feeds upon the fair;
a. 1887 (date written), Emily Dickinson, “Hope is a subtle glutton”, in M[abel] L[oomis] Todd, editors, Poems, Third Series, Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, published 1896, page 15:"Gluttons in murder, wanton to destroy."
1705, George Granville, The British Enchanters:"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."
1878, Thomas Hardy, The Return of the Native:
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(archaic) The wolverine, Gulo gulo.
[A] civil establishment […] is the animal called a glutton, which falling from a tree (in which it generally conceals itself) upon some noble animal, immediately begins to tear it, and suck its blood […].
1791, Joseph Priestley, Letters to Burke, section VII:
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(colloquial) A giant petrel.
Forms
Hypernyms
epicurean · gastronomer · sensualist · person · bon vivant · gastronome · gastronomist
Relateds
voracious · greedy · drunkard · glut · libertine · greed · glutton for punishment · gluttonous
Synonyms
gorger · hog · pig · guttle · Homer Simpson · gourmand · greedyguts · big back · epicure · cormorant · animal · belly-god · gannet · trencherman · dog · helluo · buzgut · glutton · gormandizer · slow belly
Translations (129)
kk қомағай (one who eats voraciously) · ga amplóir (one who gluts himself) · gl enchedoiro (one who eats voraciously) · es glotón (one who eats voraciously) · gl larfón (one who eats voraciously) · es tragón (one who eats voraciously) · fi mässäilijä (one who gluts himself) · gl froia (one who eats voraciously) · izh kresla (one who eats voraciously) · nb fråtser (one who eats voraciously) · grc κάβαισος (one who eats voraciously) · gl famoeiro (one who eats voraciously) · is mathákur (one who eats voraciously) · fi ahmatti (one who eats voraciously) · la mandūcō (one who eats voraciously) · nrf goumitre (one who eats voraciously) · kk ашқарақ (one who eats voraciously) · pt glutão (one who eats voraciously) · sw walafi (one who gluts himself) · nrf gouailleux (one who eats voraciously) · ru обжо́ра (one who eats voraciously) · acw طفس (one who eats voraciously) · nrf mâfreux (one who eats voraciously) · ota قاشیقجی (one who eats voraciously) · ota اوبور (one who eats voraciously) · ceb hakog (one who eats voraciously) · mi kaihorohoro (one who eats voraciously) · cs žrout (one who eats voraciously) · ar أَكَّال (one who eats voraciously) · is átvagl (one who eats voraciously) · cmn 饕餮 (one who eats voraciously) · sw mlafi (one who eats voraciously) · es piraña (one who eats voraciously) · gl alarbio (one who eats voraciously) · it mangione (one who eats voraciously) · el αδηφάγος (one who eats voraciously) · ko 건담가 (one who eats voraciously) · gl larpeiro (one who eats voraciously) · fr gourmand (one who eats voraciously) · mer kiragua (one who eats voraciously) · hu haspók (one who eats voraciously) · grc τένθης (one who eats voraciously) · fr glouton (one who eats voraciously) · ar نَهِم (one who eats voraciously) · gl papón (one who eats voraciously) · is svelgur (one who eats voraciously) · hy որկրամոլ (one who eats voraciously) · sh ждера (one who eats voraciously) · ru чревоуго́дник (one who eats voraciously) · sv frossare (one who eats voraciously) · sv matvrak (one who gluts himself) · ga amplóir (one who eats voraciously) · da frådser (one who eats voraciously) · nb fråsser (one who eats voraciously) · grc γαστρίμαργος (one who eats voraciously) · he גַּרְגְּרָן (one who eats voraciously) · cs obžera (one who eats voraciously) · pdt Välfros (one who eats voraciously) · gl gulitrón (one who eats voraciously) · fr goinfre (one who eats voraciously) · got 𐌰𐍆𐌴𐍄𐌾𐌰 (one who eats voraciously) · cmn 暴食者 (one who eats voraciously) · nb storspiser (one who eats voraciously) · mi houmea (one who eats voraciously) · yue 為食鬼 /为食鬼 (one who eats voraciously) · gl moulán (one who eats voraciously) · gl garganteiro (one who eats voraciously) · pt guloso (one who eats voraciously) · ko 대식가 (one who eats voraciously) · gl larpán (one who eats voraciously) · es comilón (one who eats voraciously) · nrn glupni (one who eats voraciously) · la lurcō (one who eats voraciously) · nb fråtser (one who gluts himself) · sh ždera (one who eats voraciously) · ja 食いしん坊 (one who eats voraciously) · kk мешкей (one who eats voraciously) · ar شَرَه (one who eats voraciously) · grc φάγος (one who eats voraciously) · yo abólóúnjẹkú (one who eats voraciously) · yo wọ̀bìà (one who eats voraciously) · bg лакомник (one who eats voraciously) · kix wāmwāmnyū (one who eats voraciously) · izh makjaspers (one who eats voraciously) · el λαίμαργος (one who eats voraciously) · fr gargantua (one who eats voraciously) · de Unersättliche (one who gluts himself) · hu hasimádó (one who eats voraciously) · el αχόρταγος (one who gluts himself) · ga craosaire (one who eats voraciously) · la gluttō (one who eats voraciously) · pl łakomczuch (one who eats voraciously) · es zampabollos (one who eats voraciously) · cmn 饞嘴 /馋嘴 (one who eats voraciously) · mi kaihoro (one who eats voraciously) · ca fartanera (one who eats voraciously) · la helluō (one who eats voraciously) · de Völler (one who eats voraciously) · ga sutha (one who eats voraciously) · gl aldragón (one who eats voraciously) · ko 먹보 (one who eats voraciously) · nrf bouffeux (one who eats voraciously) · gl comellón (one who eats voraciously) · kk тамақсау (one who eats voraciously) · it ghiottone (one who eats voraciously) · izh rapamako (one who eats voraciously) · de Unersättlicher (one who gluts himself) · de Nimmersatt (one who eats voraciously) · zlw-osk žarloch (one who eats voraciously) · ca fartaner (one who eats voraciously) · tr obur (one who eats voraciously) · gl almudre (one who eats voraciously) · bg чревоугодник (one who eats voraciously) · it ingordo (one who eats voraciously) · pl żarłok (one who eats voraciously) · ja 健啖家 (one who eats voraciously) · da fråser (one who eats voraciously) · gl gulipón (one who eats voraciously) · gl broeiro (one who eats voraciously) · nb storeter (one who eats voraciously) · gl lambuzas (one who eats voraciously) · cs nenasyta (one who eats voraciously) · ba убыр (one who eats voraciously) · es hambrón (one who eats voraciously) · nn fråtsar (one who eats voraciously) · it divoratore (one who eats voraciously) · de Vielfraß (one who eats voraciously) · gl lapón (one who eats voraciously) · te తిండిపోతు (one who eats voraciously)
glutton en · VERB
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /ˈɡlʌtn̩/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Middle English glotoun, from Old French gloton, gluton, from Latin gluttō, gluttōnis (“glutton”).
The use for the wolverine is a semantic loan from German Vielfraß, itself a folk etymology for Old Norse *fjallfress (literally “mountain cat”). The popular belief that the wolverine is particularly voracious only developed because of this name. See the German for more.
Meanings
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(archaic) To glut; to satisfy (especially an appetite) by filling to capacity.
Glutton'd at last, return at home to pine.
a. 1657, Richard Lovelace, On Sanazar's Hundred Duckets by hte Clarissimi of Venice:In some cities their [local branches] have become gluttoned with success, and in their misguided overzealous ambition they are 'killing the goose that lays the golden egg.'
1915, Journeyman Barber, Hairdresser, Cosmetologist and Proprietor:
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(obsolete) To glut; to eat voraciously.
Whereon in Egypt gluttoning they fed.
1604, Michael Drayton, Moses in a Map of his Miracles:Thus do I pine and surfeit day by day, / Or gluttoning on all, or all away.
1598, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 75:
Forms
Relateds
gluttony · gluttoness · gluttonish · gluttonously · gluttonise · gluttonism · gluttonize · gluttonous