English Explanatory Dictionary

glutton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing.
noun
  1. One who eats voraciously, obsessively, or to excess; a gormandizer.
  2. One who consumes anything voraciously, obsessively, or to excess.
  3. The wolverine, Gulo gulo.
  4. A giant petrel.
verb
  1. To glut; to satisfy (especially an appetite) by filling to capacity.
  2. To glut; to eat voraciously.

Pronunciation

/ˈɡlʌtn̩/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-glutton.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-glutton.wav

Word forms

glutton more glutton most glutton gluttons gluttoning gluttoned

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.

Synonyms

belly-god buzgut cormorant epicure gannet glutton gorger gourmand gormandizer greedyguts guttle hog Homer Simpson helluo pig slow belly trencherman

Related words

glut glutton for punishment drunkard libertine greed greedy voracious gluttonous gluttoness gluttonise gluttonish gluttonism gluttonize gluttonously gluttony

Translations

Finnish: mässäilijä German: Unersättlicher German: Unersättliche Greek: αχόρταγος Irish: amplóir Norwegian Bokmål: fråtser Swahili: walafi Swedish: matvrak
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