GLUTTON

glutton

Noun

  1. One who eats voraciously, obsessively, or to excess; a gormandizer.
    "Such a glutton would eat until his belly hurts."
  2. One who consumes voraciously, obsessively, or to excess
  3. A carnivorous mammal , of the family Mustelidæ, about the size of a large badger. It was formerly believed to be inordinately voracious, whence the name; the wolverine. It is a native of the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia.

Verb

  1. To glut; to eat voraciously.
    "Gluttoned at last, return at home to pine." -Lovelace.
    "Whereon in Egypt gluttoning they fed." -Drayton.

Adjective

  1. gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing.
    "A glutton monastery in former ages makes a hungry ministry in our days." -Fuller.


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