glutton
Syllables: glut·ton/ˈɡlʌtn̩/
glutton adjective: gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing.
Adjective
glutton (comparative more glutton, superlative most glutton)
- Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing.
- A glutton monastery in former ages makes a hungry ministry in our days.1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI)
- So, so, thou common dog, didst thou disgorge
Thy glutton bosom of the royal Richard?1597, William Shakespeare, 2 Henry IV i 3
Noun
glutton (plural gluttons)
- One who eats voraciously, obsessively, or to excess; a gormandizer.
- Such a glutton would eat until his belly hurts.
- One who consumes anything voraciously, obsessively, or to excess.
- "Gluttons in murder, wanton to destroy."1705, George Granville, The British Enchanters
- "A good few indeed, my man," replied the captain. "Yes, you may make away with a deal of money and be neither drunkard nor glutton."1878, Thomas Hardy, The Return of the Native
- The wolverine, Gulo gulo.
- [A] civil establishment […] is the animal called a glutton, which falling from a tree (in which it generally conceals itself) upon some noble animal, immediately begins to tear it, and suck its blood […].1791, Joseph Priestley, Letters to Burke, section VII
- A giant petrel.
Verb
glutton (third-person singular simple present gluttons, present participle gluttoning, simple past and past participle gluttoned)
- To glut; to satisfy (especially an appetite) by filling to capacity.
- Glutton'd at last, return at home to pine.a. 1657, Richard Lovelace, On Sanazar's Hundred Duckets by hte Clarissimi of Venice
- In some cities their [local branches] have become gluttoned with success, and in their misguided overzealous ambition they are 'killing the goose that lays the golden egg.'1915, Journeyman Barber, Hairdresser, Cosmetologist and Proprietor
- To glut; to eat voraciously.
- Whereon in Egypt gluttoning they fed.1604, Michael Drayton, Moses in a Map of his Miracles
- Thus do I pine and surfeit day by day, / Or gluttoning on all, or all away.1598, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 75
glutton meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
glutton in Hindi
- glutton, overeater
- पेटू peṭū
- glutton
- चटोर caṭor, हप्पू happū
glutton in Tamil
- பெருந்தீனி உண்ணுபவர்
glutton in Marathi
- glutton, gluttons
- हावरट hāvraṭ
- glutton
- खादाड khādāḍ
glutton in Urdu
- بڑ پیٹا, کھاو, ندیدہ, پیٹو, پرخور, شکم پرور
More languagesFewer languages
- glutton in Bengali
- খাই khai
- glutton in Telugu
- తిండిపోతు tiṇḍipōtu
- glutton in Malayalam
- ഭക്ഷണപ്രിയൻ, തീറ്റപ്രിയനായ ഒരിനം കീരി, പെരുവയറൻ, പുസ്തകം വിഴുങ്ങി
- glutton in Kannada
- ಹೊಟ್ಟೆಬಾಕ, ಹೊಟ್ಟಿಗ, ಕೂಳ್ಬಡಿಕ, ಕೂಳ್ಬಡಕ
- glutton in Assamese
- ৰাক্ষস rakhox
- glutton in Arabic
- أَكَّال ʔakkāl, شَرَه šarah, نَهِم nahim
Synonyms of glutton
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Forms of glutton
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more glutton |
| superlative | most glutton |
| Noun | |
| plural | gluttons |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | gluttons |
| present participle | gluttoning |
| past participle | gluttoned |
| past | gluttoned |
Origin of glutton
From Middle English glotoun, from Old French gloton, gluton, from Latin gluttō, gluttōnis (“glutton”). The use for the wolverine is a semantic loan from German Vielfraß, itself a folk etymology for Old Norse *fjallfress (literally “mountain cat”). The popular belief that the wolverine is particularly voracious only developed because of this name. See the German for more.
Words that rhyme with glutton
Questions about glutton
- What does glutton mean?
- Glutton means gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing.
- What is glutton in Hindi?
- Glutton in Hindi is पेटू (peṭū), चटोर (caṭor), हप्पू (happū). See Glutton meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is glutton?
- Glutton can be an adjective, a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce glutton?
- Glutton is pronounced /ˈɡlʌtn̩/ (UK).
Words near glutton in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: glutton (page history and authors); चटोर (Hindi) (page history and authors); glutton (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); खादाड (Marathi) (page history and authors); glutton (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); খাই (Bengali) (page history and authors); glutton (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); glutton (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ৰাক্ষস (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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