Glutton \Glut"ton\, n. [OE. glotoun, glotun, F. glouton, fr. L.
gluto, glutto. See Glut.]
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1. One who eats voraciously, or to excess; a gormandizer.
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2. Fig.: One who gluts himself.
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Gluttons in murder, wanton to destroy. --Granville.
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3. (Zool.) A carnivorous mammal (Gulo gulo formerly Gulo
luscus), of the weasel family Mustelid[ae], 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.
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Glutton bird (Zool.), the giant fulmar (Ossifraga
gigantea); -- called also Mother Carey's goose, and
mollymawk.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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84 Moby Thesaurus words for "glutton":
Brillat-Savarin, Cape polecat, Lucullus, ape, bar, bear, belly-god,
board-and-roomer, boarder, bon vivant, cannibal, carnivore, cavy,
chimp, chimpanzee, connoisseur of food, consumer, coon, cormorant,
diner, diner-out, eater, eater-out, epicure, feeder, ferret,
flesh-eater, foumart, fruitarian, gannet, gastronome, gorger,
gormand, gormandizer, gourmand, gourmandizer, gourmet, grain-eater,
graminivore, granivore, greedy eater, greedygut, greedyguts,
groundhog, guinea pig, guttler, hedgehog, herbivore, high liver,
hog, hungry mouth, husky eater, lactovegetarian, luncher,
man-eater, meat-eater, monk, monkey, mousehound, mouth, omnivore,
omophagist, opossum, pantophagist, phytophage, picnicker, pig,
plant-eater, polecat, porcupine, possum, prairie dog, predacean,
quill pig, raccoon, skunk, trencherman, trencherwoman, vegetarian,
weasel, whistle-pig, wolverine, woodchuck, zoril
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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Glutton \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. (Zo["o]l.) A carnivorous mammal (Gulo luscus), of the
family Mustelid[ae], 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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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