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glutton
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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.

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

glutton
Noun
1. someone who eats and drinks too much
2. a person who has a great capacity for something: a glutton for work [Latin gluttire to swallow]
gluttonous adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.gluttonglutton - a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess
eater, feeder - someone who consumes food for nourishment
2.gluttonglutton - musteline mammal of northern Eurasia
mustelid, musteline, musteline mammal - fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals

glutton
noun gourmand, gorger, gannet (slang) gobbler, pig (informal)
Translations

glutton [ˈglʌtn] nglotón/ona m/f;
glutton for punishment → masoquista m/f
glutton [ˈglʌtn] nglouton(ne);
a glutton for work → un bourreau de travail
glutton [ˈglʌtn] nVielfraß m;
a glutton for work → ein Arbeitstier nt;
a glutton for punishment → ein Masochist m
glutton [ˈglʌtn] nghiottone/a;
a glutton for work → un/a patito/a del lavoro

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
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, ahnehtija 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 일벌레 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
n ˈgluttony
greediness in eating. vraatsug, gulsigheid شَرَه، نَهَم лакомия žravost, nenasytnost grovæderi; grådighed die Gefräßigkeit λαιμαργία glotonería, gula aplus پرخوری ahnaus gloutonnerie זלילה खाऊ proždrljivost, nezasitnost torkosság kerakusan (mat)græðgi ghiottoneria, golosità 大食 대식 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


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