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noun
1.
a person who eats and drinks excessively or voraciously.
2.
a person with a remarkably great desire or capacity for something: a glutton for work; a glutton for punishment.
Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English glutun < Old French glouton < Latin gluttōn- (stem of gluttō), variant of glūtō glutton, akin to glūtīre to gulp down
1175–1225; Middle English glutun < Old French glouton < Latin gluttōn- (stem of gluttō), variant of glūtō glutton, akin to glūtīre to gulp down
Synonyms
1. gourmand; gastronome; chowhound.
1. gourmand; gastronome; chowhound.
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Example Sentences
- His sales are big and he's a glutton for work.
- Which means, unless you're an unrepentant glutton, viewing choices must be made.
- Perhaps I'm forgetful or a glutton for punishment.
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| glutton2 (ˈɡlʌtən) | |
| —n | |
| another name for wolverine | |
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Word Origin & History
glutton
early 13c., from O.Fr. gluton, from L. gluttonem, acc. of glutto "overeater," formed from gluttire "to swallow," from gula "throat," from PIE *gel-.
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Easton
Bible Dictionary
Glutton definition
(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
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