glutton
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glutton
- /ˈɡlʌtn̩/ US, UK
Rhymes with -ʌtən
Where it comes from
From Middle English glotoun, from Old French gloton, gluton, from Latin gluttō, gluttōnis (“glutton”).
The use for the wolverine is a semantic loan from German Vielfraß, itself a folk etymology for Old Norse *fjallfress (literally “mountain cat”). The popular belief that the wolverine is particularly voracious only developed because of this name. See the German for more.
adjective more glutton · most glutton
- Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing. A glutton monastery in former ages makes a hungry ministry in our days.
noun gluttons
- One who eats voraciously, obsessively, or to excess; a gormandizer. Such a glutton would eat until his belly hurts.
- One who consumes anything voraciously, obsessively, or to excess. "Gluttons in murder, wanton to destroy."
- The wolverine, Gulo gulo. [A] civil establishment […] is the animal called a glutton, which falling from a tree (in which it generally conceals itself) upon some noble animal, immediately begins to tear it, and suck its blood […].
- A giant petrel.
Similar: animal, belly-god, big back, buzgut, cormorant, dog, epicure, gannet, glutton, gorger, gourmand, gormandizer, greedyguts, guttle, hog, Homer Simpson, helluo, pig, slow belly, trencherman
verb gluttons · gluttoning · gluttoned
- To glut; to satisfy (especially an appetite) by filling to capacity. Glutton'd at last, return at home to pine.
- To glut; to eat voraciously. Whereon in Egypt gluttoning they fed.
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noun
Similar: animal, belly-god, big back, buzgut, cormorant, dog, epicure, gannet, glutton, gorger, gourmand, gormandizer, greedyguts, guttle, hog, Homer Simpson, helluo, pig, slow belly, trencherman
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noun one who gluts himself
| Kiswahili | walafi |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Unersättlicher, Unersättliche |
| Ελληνικά | αχόρταγος achórtagos |
noun one who eats voraciously
| Español | glotón, hambrón, comilón, tragón, piraña, zampabollos |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 먹보 meokbo, 대식가 daesikga, 건담가 geondamga |
| 日本語 | 食いしん坊 kuishinbō, 健啖家 kentanka |
| 中文 | 暴食者 bàoshízhě, 饞嘴 /馋嘴 chánzuǐ, 饕餮 tāotiè |
| Kiswahili | mlafi |
| Português | glutão, guloso |
| Français | glouton, gourmand, gargantua, goinfre |
| Deutsch | Vielfraß, Nimmersatt, Völler |
| Italiano | ghiottone, ingordo, divoratore, mangione |
| Ελληνικά | λαίμαργος laímargos, αδηφάγος adifágos |
| Русский | чревоуго́дник črevougódnik, обжо́ра obžóra |
| العربية | أَكَّال ʔakkāl, شَرَه šarah, نَهِم nahim |
| עברית | גַּרְגְּרָן garg'rán |
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title = {glutton},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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