glut·ton

(glŭt′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.

[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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glut•ton•ous

(ˈglʌt n əs)

adj.

1. tending to eat and drink excessively; voracious.

2. greedy; insatiable.

[1300–50]

glut′ton•ous•ly, adv.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.

gluttonous - given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink; "over-fed women and their gluttonous husbands"; "a gluttonous debauch"; "a gluttonous appetite for food and praise and pleasure"

indulgent - characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone ; "indulgent grandparents"

abstemious - sparing in consumption of especially food and drink; "the pleasures of the table, never of much consequence to one naturally abstemious"- John Galsworthy

gluttonous

adjective greedy, insatiable, voracious, ravenous, rapacious, piggish, hoggish a selfish, gluttonous and lazy individual

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

gluttonous

adjective

1. Wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume:

edacious, greedy, hoggish, piggish, ravenous, voracious.

2. Having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit:

avid, edacious, greedy, omnivorous, rapacious, ravenous, unappeasable, voracious.

Translations

comilón

glouton goulu

insaziabile

gluttonous

[ˈglʌtənəs] ADJ → glotón, goloso

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

gluttonous

[ˈglʌtənəs] adj → glouton(ne)

gluttonous

adj (lit, fig) → unersättlich; person → gefräßig

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

gluttonous

[ˈglʌtənəs] adj → ghiotto/a, goloso/a