glutton
glutton Lexical Profile
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• noun
An excessively greedy eater; a person who habitually eats and drinks to excess.
"He felt like a glutton after going back to the buffet table for a third plate of dessert."
A person with a remarkably great capacity or eager appetite for something arduous or unpleasant.
"Taking on three major research projects simultaneously proves she is a glutton for hard work."
The wolverine (Gulo gulo), a stocky, muscular carnivorous mammal of the weasel family (Mustelidae) native to the northern boreal forests and subarctic tundra of Eurasia and North America, noted for its voracious appetite and strength.
"In northern European folklore, the glutton was long depicted as a fierce, insatiable scavenger of the winter woods."
• verb
To eat greedily or to excess; to gorge or overfeed (oneself).
"After weeks of strict dieting, the travelers gluttoned on rich pastries at the local bakery."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed into Middle English from Old French gloton, from Latin gluttō ('glutton'), derived from gluttīre ('to swallow, gulp down'), which shares a root with gula ('throat').