gluttonously

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.

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[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).]

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glut′ton·ous (glŭt′n-əs) adj.

glut′ton·ous·ly adv.

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Thesaurus

Adv.

1.

gluttonously - in a gluttonous manner; "this man eats gluttonously!"

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Translations

gloutonnement