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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Glutton

Glŭt'ton, n.

noun

(glŭt'tn), n. [Lat. glutto, gluto, Fr. glutton, Pr. & Sp. gloton, It. ghiottone. See GLUT.]

  1. One who eats voraciously, or to excess; one who stuffs or gluts himself with food; a gormandizer; hence, one who satisfies to excess any low or depraved appetite.
  2. One eager of any thing to excess.

Gluttons in murder, wanton to destroy. Granville. 3. (Zool.) A carnivorous mammal (the Gulo luscus), about the size of a large badger, and at one time regarded as inordinately voracious, whence the name; the wolverine. It is a native of the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia. Baird.

An illustration of a glutton, or wolverine, walking.
Glutton (Gulo luscus).

Glāt'ton, a.

adjective

a. Of, or pertaining to, a glutton; gluttonous. “Glutton souls.” Dryden.

A glutton monastery in former ages makes a hungry ministry in our days. Fuller.

Glūt'ton, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. To eat voraciously; to indulge the appetite to excess; to gluttonize. [Obs.] Whereon in Egypt gluttonize they fed. Drayton.