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glut·ton  (gltn)

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.

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[Middle English glotoun, from Old French gloton, from Latin glutt, gluttn-.]

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glutton¹

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

[from Old French glouton, from Latin glutto, from gluttīre to swallow]

gluttonous  adj

gluttonously  adv

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glutton²

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for wolverine

[from glutton¹, apparently translating German Vielfrass great eater]

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glutton - Comes from Latin glutire, "to swallow."

See also related terms for swallow.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	glutton - a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess gourmand, gourmandizer, trencherman eater, feeder - someone who consumes food for nourishment
	2.	glutton - musteline mammal of northern Eurasia Gulo gulo, wolverine mustelid, musteline, musteline mammal - fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals

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glutton

noun gourmand, gorger, gannet (slang), gobbler, pig (informal) He's a real glutton when it comes to junk food.

Translations

glutton [ˈglʌtn] N → glotón/ona m/f → comilón/ona m/f
glutton for work → trabajador(a) m/f incansable
glutton for punishment → masoquista mf

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glutton [ˈglʌt^ən] n → glouton(ne) m/f
a glutton for work → un bourreau de travail
to be a glutton for punishment → être masochiste

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glutton

n → Vielfraß m (also Zool); to be a glutton for work → ein Arbeitstier nt → sein (inf); she’s a glutton for punishment → sie ist die reinste Masochistin (inf)

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glutton [ˈglʌtn] n → goloso/a, ghiottone/a
a glutton for work → uno/a stacanovista, un(a) patito/a del lavoro
a glutton for punishment → un(a) masochista

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glutton

n glutton [ˈglatən]

1 a person who eats too much That child is fat because he is such a glutton. vraat, gulsigaard أكول лакомник žrout ædedolk der Vielfraß λαίμαργος glotón, comilón õgard آدم پرخور ahmatti glouton/-onne זוללן पेटू proždrljviac falánk orang rakus átvagl, mathákur ghiottone, goloso 大食家 대식가 rajūnas, ėdrūnas rīma pelahap slokop storeter/-spiser żarłok comilão mâncău обжора nenásytník, žrút požeruh izelica storätare, matvrak คนตะกละ obur 貪吃的人 ненажера پیٹو آدمی kẻ tham ăn 贪吃的人

2 a person who is always eager for more of something usually unpleasant He's a glutton for work. 'n regte werkesel شَرِه، نَهِم ненаситен човек nenasyta en hund efter der Unersättliche μανιώδης masoquista, morboso ahnitseja آدم حریص -hullu bourreau (de travail) להוט אחרי- खाऊ nezasitan čovjek ég a munka a keze alatt pecandu maður sem aldrei fær nóg (1) (uno che non si stanca mai di lavorare) 凝り屋 어떤 조치라도 잘 감당해내는 사람 besotis negausis suka menyeksa diri verslaafde arbeidsjern pies` (na) pau para toda a obra căpcăun ненасытный человек neúnavný pracovník nenasitnež željna osoba frossare, []myra คนโลภ doymak bilmeyen 貪得無厭的人 ненажера ہوکا زدہ آدمی جو بس نہ کرے người ham 贪得无厌

n gluttony

greediness in eating. vraatsug, gulsigheid شَرَه، نَهَم лакомия žravost, nenasytnost grovæderi; grådighed die Gefräßigkeit λαιμαργία glotonería, gula aplus پرخوری ahneus gloutonnerie זלילה खाऊ proždrljivost, nezasitnost torkosság kerakusan (mat)græðgi ghiottoneria, golosità 大食 대식, 폭식 ėdrumas rijība; ēdelība dengan lahap gulzigheid grådighet obżarstwo, żarłoczność gula lăco­mie, voracitate обжорство nenásytnosť požrešnost halapljivts frosseri ความตะกละ oburluk 貪食 обжерливість پیٹوپن tính háu ăn 贪食