glutton

¹

[ gluht-n ]

noun

1. a person who eats and drinks excessively or voraciously.

   Synonyms: chowhound, gastronome, gourmand

2. a person with a remarkably great desire or capacity for something:

   a glutton for work;

   a glutton for punishment.

glutton

²

[ gluht-n ]

noun

1. the wolverine, Gulo gulo, of Europe.

glutton

¹

/ ˈɡlʌtən /

noun

1. a person devoted to eating and drinking to excess; greedy person
2. ironic.
   a person who has or appears to have a voracious appetite for something

   a glutton for punishment

glutton

²

/ ˈɡlʌtən /

noun

1. another name for wolverine

Derived Forms

• ˈgluttonous, adjective
• ˈgluttonously, adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of glutton¹

First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English glutun, from Old French glouton, from Latin gluttōn-, stem of gluttō, variant of glūtō, akin to glūtīre “to gulp down”

Origin of glutton²

First recorded in 1665–75; translation of German Vielfraß, from viel “much” (cognate with obsolete English fele; plus ( def ) ) + fraß “eater” (noun derivative of fressen “to eat” (used of animals); fress ( def ), fret ¹( def ) )

Word History and Origins

Origin of glutton¹

C13: from Old French glouton, from Latin glutto, from gluttīre to swallow

Origin of glutton²

C17: from glutton ¹, apparently translating German Vielfrass great eater

Example Sentences

The last time I made it, this glutton for punishment asked his significant other to grade it.

From Washington Post

The Daily Pic: The Italian was such a glutton for order, he could have been the first conceptualist.

From The Daily Beast

For while he can be as diverting as the greatest glutton for mirth desires, he has all the machinery of dejection too.

From Project Gutenberg

I see the tiny drops spurt out, lapped up by the glutton as soon as they appear.

From Project Gutenberg

At Glutton Mill the character of the scenery changes with the geological nature of the country.

From Project Gutenberg

Most high and mighty Czar of all flesh, ceaseless reducer of empires, unfathomable glutton in the whole realms of nature.

From Project Gutenberg

I was like a glutton before a table piled high with delicacies and with plenty of time to spare.

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