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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024glut•ton1 /ˈglʌtən/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a person who eats and drinks too much.
- a person with a remarkably great desire or capacity for something:a glutton for work.
glut•ton•ous, adj. glut•ton•ous•ly, adv. glut•ton•y, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024glut•ton1 (glut′n),USA pronunciation n. - a person who eats and drinks excessively or voraciously.
- a person with a remarkably great desire or capacity for something:a glutton for work; a glutton for punishment.
- Latin gluttōn- (stem of gluttō), variant of glūtō glutton, akin to glūtīre to gulp down
- Old French glouton
- Middle English glutun 1175–1225
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged gourmand; gastronome; chowhound.
glut•ton2 (glut′n),USA pronunciation n. - Mammalsthe wolverine, Gulo gulo, of Europe.
- translation of German Vielfrass, equivalent. to viel much + frass eating, derivative of fressen (of animals) to eat 1665–75
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: glutton /ˈɡlʌtən/ n - a person devoted to eating and drinking to excess; greedy person
- often ironic a person who has or appears to have a voracious appetite for something: a glutton for punishment
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French glouton, from Latin glutto, from gluttīre to swallowˈgluttonous adj ˈgluttonously adv glutton /ˈɡlʌtən/ n - another name for wolverine
Etymology: 17th Century: from glutton1, apparently translating German Vielfrass great eater |