Definition of Gluton
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. (Zoöl.) A carnivorous mammal
(Gulo luscus), of the family Mustelidæ, 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.
Glutton bird (Zoöl.), the giant
fulmar (Ossifraga gigantea); -- called also Mother Carey's
goose, and mollymawk.
Glut"ton (?), a. Gluttonous;
greedy; gormandizing. "Glutton souls."
Dryden.
A glutton monastery in former ages makes a
hungry ministry in our days. Fuller.
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
GLUTTON, n. A person who escapes the evils of moderation by
committing dyspepsia.
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
GLUTTON. A term used by bruisers to signify a man who
will bear a great deal of beating.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
- Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing.
"A glutton monastery in former ages makes a hungry ministry in our days." -Fuller.
- One who eats voraciously, or to excess; a gormandizer.
- (Figurative): One who gluts himself.
"Gluttons in murder, wanton to destroy." -Granville.
- (zoology) A carnivorous mammal (Gulo luscus), of the family Mustelidæ, 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.
- (obsolete): To glut; to eat voraciously.
"Gluttoned at last, return at home to pine." -Lovelace.
"Whereon in Egypt gluttoning they fed." -Drayton.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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