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glutton

adj
/ˈɡlʌtn̩/US

Etymology

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.

  1. derived from glutto — “glutton”
  2. derived from gloton
  3. inherited from glotoun

Definitions

  1. Gluttonous

    Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing.

    • A glutton monastery in former ages makes a hungry ministry in our days.
    • So, so, thou common dog, didst thou disgorge Thy glutton bosom of the royal Richard?

  2. One who eats voraciously, obsessively, or to excess

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

    • Such a glutton would eat until his belly hurts.

  3. One who consumes anything voraciously, obsessively, or to excess.

    • "Gluttons in murder, wanton to destroy."
    • "A good few indeed, my man," replied the captain. "Yes, you may make away with a deal of money and be neither drunkard nor glutton."
    • Hope is a subtle glutton; / He feeds upon the fair;
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. 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 […].

    2. A giant petrel.

    3. To glut

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

      • Glutton'd at last, return at home to pine.
      • In some cities their [local branches] have become gluttoned with success, and in their misguided overzealous ambition they are 'killing the goose that lays the golden egg.'

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for glutton. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA