GLUTTON

glutton, Gulo gulo, wolverine

(noun) musteline mammal of northern Eurasia

glutton, gourmand, gourmandizer, trencherman

(noun) a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

glutton (comparative more glutton, superlative most glutton)

Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing.

Noun

glutton (plural gluttons)

One who eats voraciously, obsessively, or to excess; a gormandizer.

(figuratively) One who consumes voraciously, obsessively, or to excess

(now, rare) The wolverine, Gulo gulo.

Synonyms

• (voracious eater): see glutton

Verb

glutton (third-person singular simple present gluttons, present participle gluttoning, simple past and past participle gluttoned)

(archaic) To glut; to satisfy (especially an appetite) by filling to capacity.

(obsolete) To glut; to eat voraciously.

Source: Wiktionary

Glut"ton, n. Etym: [OE. glotoun, glotun, F. glouton, fr. L. gluto, glutto. See Glut.]

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.)

Definition: 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. Glutton bird (Zoöl.), the giant fulmar (Ossifraga gigantea); -- called also Mother Carey's goose, and mollymawk.

Glut"ton, a.

Definition: Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing. "Glutton souls." Dryden. A glutton monastery in former ages makes a hungry ministry in our days. Fuller.

Glut"ton, v. t. & i.

Definition: To glut; to eat voraciously. [Obs.] Gluttoned at last, return at home to pine. Lovelace. Whereon in Egypt gluttoning they fed. Drayton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition