Glutton \Glut"ton\, n. [OE. glotoun, glotun, F. glouton, fr. L.
gluto, glutto. See Glut.]
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1. One who eats voraciously, or to excess; a gormandizer.
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2. Fig.: One who gluts himself.
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Gluttons in murder, wanton to destroy. --Granville.
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3. (Zool.) A carnivorous mammal ({Gulo gulo formerly Gulo
luscus), of the weasel family Mustelid[ae], about the
size of a large badger; called also wolverine,
wolverene and carcajou. It was formerly believed to be
inordinately voracious, whence the name. It is a native of
the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia.
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Glutton bird (Zool.), the giant fulmar ({Ossifraga
gigantea); -- called also Mother Carey's goose, and
mollymawk.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Glutton \Glut"ton\, a.
Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing. "Glutton souls." --Dryden.
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A glutton monastery in former ages makes a hungry
ministry in our days. --Fuller.
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Glutton \Glut"ton\, v. t. & i.
To glut; to eat voraciously. [Obs.]
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Gluttoned at last, return at home to pine. --Lovelace.
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Whereon in Egypt gluttoning they fed. --Drayton.
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Wolverene \Wol`ver*ene"\, Wolverine \Wol`ver*ine"\, n. [From
Wolf, with a dim suffix; prob. so called from its supposed
wolfish qualities.]
1. (Zool.) A carnivorous mammal ({Gulo gulo formerly Gulo
luscus), of the weasel family Mustelidae, about the
size of a large badger; called also glutton and
carcajou. It is a native of the northern parts of
America, Europe, and Asia.
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2. A nickname for an inhabitant of Michigan. [U. S.]
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glutton
n 1: a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess
[syn: gourmand, trencherman]
2: wolverine of northern Eurasia [syn: Gulo gulo, wolverine]
WordNet (r) 2.0
84 Moby Thesaurus words for "glutton":
Brillat-Savarin, Cape polecat, Lucullus, ape, bar, bear, belly-god,
board-and-roomer, boarder, bon vivant, cannibal, carnivore, cavy,
chimp, chimpanzee, connoisseur of food, consumer, coon, cormorant,
diner, diner-out, eater, eater-out, epicure, feeder, ferret,
flesh-eater, foumart, fruitarian, gannet, gastronome, gorger,
gormand, gormandizer, gourmand, gourmandizer, gourmet, grain-eater,
graminivore, granivore, greedy eater, greedygut, greedyguts,
groundhog, guinea pig, guttler, hedgehog, herbivore, high liver,
hog, hungry mouth, husky eater, lactovegetarian, luncher,
man-eater, meat-eater, monk, monkey, mousehound, mouth, omnivore,
omophagist, opossum, pantophagist, phytophage, picnicker, pig,
plant-eater, polecat, porcupine, possum, prairie dog, predacean,
quill pig, raccoon, skunk, trencherman, trencherwoman, vegetarian,
weasel, whistle-pig, wolverine, woodchuck, zoril
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Glutton
(Deut. 21:20), Heb. zolel, from a word meaning "to shake out,"
"to squander;" and hence one who is prodigal, who wastes his
means by indulgence. In Prov. 23:21, the word means debauchees
or wasters of their own body. In Prov. 28:7, the word (pl.) is
rendered Authorized Version "riotous men;" Revised Version,
"gluttonous." Matt. 11:19, Luke 7:34, Greek phagos, given to
eating, gluttonous.
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
GLUTTON, n. A person who escapes the evils of moderation by
committing dyspepsia.
THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)
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