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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GLUT'TON, n. glut'n. [Low L. gluto.] One who indulges to excess in eating.
1. One eager of any thing to excess.
Gluttons in murder, wanton to destroy.
2. In zoology, an animal of the genus Ursus, found in the N. of Europe and Siberia. It grows to the length of three feet,but has short legs and moves slowly. It is a carnivorous animal, and in order to catch its prey, it climbs a tree and from that darts down upon a deer or other animal. It is names from its voracious appetite.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess [syn: glutton, gourmand, gourmandizer, trencherman]
2: musteline mammal of northern Eurasia [syn: glutton, Gulo gulo, wolverine]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English glotoun, from Anglo-French glutun, glotun, from Latin glutton-, glutto; akin to Latin gluttire to swallow, gula throat, Old English ceole Date: 13th century 1. a. one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking b. one that has a great capacity for accepting or enduring something <a glutton for punishment> 2. wolverine 1a

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 an excessively greedy eater. 2 (often foll. by for) colloq. a person insatiably eager (a glutton for work). 3 a voracious animal Gulo gulo, of the weasel family. Also called WOLVERINE. Phrases and idioms: a glutton for punishment a person eager to take on hard or unpleasant tasks. Derivatives: gluttonize v.intr. (also -ise). gluttonous adj. gluttonously adv. Etymology: ME f. OF gluton, gloton f. L glutto -onis f. gluttire swallow, gluttus greedy

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Glutton Glut"ton, a. Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing. ``Glutton souls.'' --Dryden. A glutton monastery in former ages makes a hungry ministry in our days. --Fuller.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Glutton Glut"ton, n. [OE. glotoun, glotun, F. glouton, fr. L. gluto, glutto. See Glut.] 1. One who eats voraciously, or to excess; a gormandizer. 2. Fig.: One who gluts himself. Gluttons in murder, wanton to destroy. --Granville. 3. (Zo["o]l.) A carnivorous mammal (Gulo luscus), of the family Mustelid[ae], about the size of a large badger. It was formerly believed to be inordinately voracious, whence the name; the wolverene. It is a native of the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Glutton Glut"ton, v. t. & i. To glut; to eat voraciously. [Obs.] Gluttoned at last, return at home to pine. --Lovelace. Whereon in Egypt gluttoning they fed. --Drayton.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(gluttons) 1. If you think that someone eats too much and is greedy, you can say they are a glutton. I can't control my eating. It's hard when people don't understand and call you a glutton. N-COUNT [disapproval] 2. If you say that someone is a glutton for something, you mean that they enjoy or need it very much. He was a glutton for hard work... Ivy must be a glutton for punishment. N-COUNT: N for n

Easton's Bible Dictionary

(Deut. 21:20), Heb. zolel, from a word meaning "to shake out," "to squander;" and hence one who is prodigal, who wastes his means by indulgence. In Prov. 23:21, the word means debauchees or wasters of their own body. In Prov. 28:7, the word (pl.) is rendered Authorized Version "riotous men;" Revised Version, "gluttonous." Matt. 11:19, Luke 7:34, Greek phagos, given to eating, gluttonous.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Gormandizer, gourmand, gobbler, greedy-gut, voracious eater, excessive eater, belly-god, belly-slave. 2. Wolverine (Gulo luscus).

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

A term used by bruisers to signify a man who will bear a great deal of beating.

Moby Thesaurus

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