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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
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