Glutton

8 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Glutton \Glut"ton\, n. [OE. glotoun, glotun, F. glouton, fr. L.
     gluto, glutto. See {Glut}.]
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     1. One who eats voraciously, or to excess; a gormandizer.
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     2. Fig.: One who gluts himself.
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              Gluttons in murder, wanton to destroy. --Granville.
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     3. (Zool.) A carnivorous mammal ({Gulo gulo} formerly {Gulo
        luscus}), of the weasel family {Mustelid[ae]}, about the
        size of a large badger; called also {wolverine},
        {wolverene} and {carcajou}. It was formerly believed to be
        inordinately voracious, whence the name. It is a native of
        the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia.
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     {Glutton bird} (Zool.), the giant fulmar ({Ossifraga
        gigantea}); -- called also {Mother Carey's goose}, and
        {mollymawk}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Glutton \Glut"ton\, a.
     Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing. "Glutton souls." --Dryden.
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           A glutton monastery in former ages makes a hungry
           ministry in our days.                    --Fuller.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Glutton \Glut"ton\, v. t. & i.
     To glut; to eat voraciously. [Obs.]
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           Gluttoned at last, return at home to pine. --Lovelace.
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           Whereon in Egypt gluttoning they fed.    --Drayton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wolverene \Wol`ver*ene"\, Wolverine \Wol`ver*ine"\, n. [From
     {Wolf}, with a dim suffix; prob. so called from its supposed
     wolfish qualities.]
     1. (Zool.) A carnivorous mammal ({Gulo gulo} formerly {Gulo
        luscus}), of the weasel family {Mustelidae}, about the
        size of a large badger; called also {glutton} and
        {carcajou}. It is a native of the northern parts of
        America, Europe, and Asia.
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     2. A nickname for an inhabitant of Michigan. [U. S.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  84 Moby Thesaurus words for "glutton":
     Brillat-Savarin, Cape polecat, Lucullus, ape, bar, bear, belly-god,
     board-and-roomer, boarder, bon vivant, cannibal, carnivore, cavy,
     chimp, chimpanzee, connoisseur of food, consumer, coon, cormorant,
     diner, diner-out, eater, eater-out, epicure, feeder, ferret,
     flesh-eater, foumart, fruitarian, gannet, gastronome, gorger,
     gormand, gormandizer, gourmand, gourmandizer, gourmet, grain-eater,
     graminivore, granivore, greedy eater, greedygut, greedyguts,
     groundhog, guinea pig, guttler, hedgehog, herbivore, high liver,
     hog, hungry mouth, husky eater, lactovegetarian, luncher,
     man-eater, meat-eater, monk, monkey, mousehound, mouth, omnivore,
     omophagist, opossum, pantophagist, phytophage, picnicker, pig,
     plant-eater, polecat, porcupine, possum, prairie dog, predacean,
     quill pig, raccoon, skunk, trencherman, trencherwoman, vegetarian,
     weasel, whistle-pig, wolverine, woodchuck, zoril
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Glutton
     (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.
     

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  GLUTTON, n.  A person who escapes the evils of moderation by
  committing dyspepsia.