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Entry 5 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Glutton

· Glut·ton · IPA /ˈɡlʌtn̩/
01 n. One who eats voraciously, or to excess; a gormandizer.
  1. 1.
    One who eats voraciously, or to excess; a gormandizer.
  2. 2.
    Fig.: One who gluts himself.
    Gluttons in murder, wanton to destroy.” — Granville.
  3. 3.
    A carnivorous mammal (Gulo gulo formerly Gulo luscus), of the weasel family Mustelidæ, 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.(Zool.) Also: wolverine, wolverene, carcajou
Phrases & compounds
Glutton bird — the giant fulmar (Ossifraga gigantea); -- called also Mother Carey's goose, and mollymawk.
02 a. Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing.
  1. 1.
    Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing.
    “A glutton monastery in former ages makes a hungry ministry in our days.” Fuller.
03 v. t. & i. To glut; to eat voraciously.
  1. 1.
    To glut; to eat voraciously.[Obs.]
    Gluttoned at last, return at home to pine.” Lovelace.
    “Whereon in Egypt gluttoning they fed.” Drayton.