glutton Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess
    gourmandizer; trencherman; gourmand.
  2. noun musteline mammal of northern Eurasia
    Gulo gulo; wolverine.

WordNet

Glut"ton noun
Etymology
OE. glotoun, glotun, F. glouton, fr. L. gluto, glutto. See Glut.
Definitions
  1. One who eats voraciously, or to excess; a gormandizer.
  2. Fig.: One who gluts himself.
    Gluttons in murder, wanton to destroy. Granville.
  3. (Zoöl.) A carnivorous mammal (Gulo luscus), of the family Mustelidæ, about the size of a large badger. It was formerly believed to be inordinately voracious, whence the name; the wolverene. It is a native of the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia. in 1996, spelled Wolverine, and species name Gulo gulo glutton for punishment = one persistent in an effort in spite of harmful results
Glut"ton adjective
Definitions
  1. Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing. "Glutton souls." Dryden.
    A glutton monastery in former ages makes a hungry ministry in our days. Fuller.
Glut"ton transitive verb & intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To glut; to eat voraciously. Obs.
    Gluttoned at last, return at home to pine. Lovelace.
    Whereon in Egypt gluttoning they fed. Drayton.

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