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glut·ton
(glŭt′n)n.
1. A person who eats or consumes immoderate amounts of food and drink.
2. A person with an inordinate capacity to receive or withstand something: a glutton for punishment.
3. See wolverine.
[Middle English glotoun, from Old French gloton, from Latin gluttō, gluttōn-. Sense 3, ultimately (perhaps via French glouton and German Vielfrass, glutton, wolverine) from translation of Middle Low German vilvraz, glutton, wolverine : vil, much + vraz, eater (the word vilvraz, glutton, perhaps being applied to the wolverine partly in reference to its reputation for voraciousness and partly as a folk-etymological loan translation of Old Swedish filfras, wolverine : fil, hill in the wilderness + fras, tomcat).]
glut′ton·ous (glŭt′n-əs) adj.
glut′ton·ous·ly adv.
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glutton
(ˈɡlʌtən)n
1. a person devoted to eating and drinking to excess; greedy person
2. often ironic a person who has or appears to have a voracious appetite for something: a glutton for punishment.
[C13: from Old French glouton, from Latin glutto, from gluttīre to swallow]
ˈgluttonous, ˈgluttonish adj
ˈgluttonously adv
glutton
(ˈɡlʌtən)n
(Animals) another name for wolverine
[C17: from glutton1, apparently translating German Vielfrass great eater]
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glut•ton
(ˈglʌt n)n.
1. a person who eats and drinks excessively or voraciously.
2. a person with a remarkably great desire or capacity for something: a glutton for work.
[1175–1225; < Old French glouton < Latin gluttōnem, acc. of gluttō,glūtō glutton, akin to glūtīre to gulp down]
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glutton
- Comes from Latin glutire, "to swallow."See also related terms for swallow.
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glutton
noun gourmand, gorger, gannet (slang), gobbler, pig (informal) He's a real glutton when it comes to junk food.
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glutton
[ˈglʌtn] N → glotón/ona m/f → comilón/ona m/fglutton for work → trabajador(a) m/f incansable
glutton for punishment → masoquista mf
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glutton
(ˈglatən) noun2. a person who is always eager for more of something usually unpleasant. He's a glutton for work.masoquista, morboso
ˈgluttony noun greediness in eating. glotonería, gula
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