Glutton

['glʌt(ə)n] or ['ɡlʌtn]

Definition

(noun.) musteline mammal of northern Eurasia.

(noun.) a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess.

Typist: Rosanna--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) One who eats voraciously, or to excess; a gormandizer.

(n.) Fig.: One who gluts himself.

(n.) A carnivorous mammal (Gulo luscus), of the family Mustelidae, 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.

(a.) Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing.

(v. t. & i.) To glut; to eat voraciously.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Gormandizer, gourmand, gobbler, GREEDY-GUT, voracious eater.[2]. Wolverine (Gulo luscus).

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Definition

n. one who eats to excess: a popular name of the wolverine a carnivorous quadruped of the weasel family.—v.i. Glutt′onise to eat to excess like a glutton.—adjs. Glutt′onous Glutt′onish given to or consisting in gluttony.—adv. Glutt′onously.—n. Glutt′ony excess in eating.

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