gluttonous
Syllables: glut·ton·ous/ˈɡlʌt(ə)nəs/
gluttonous adjective: given to excessive eating; prone to overeating.
Adjective
gluttonous (comparative more gluttonous, superlative most gluttonous)
- Given to excessive eating; prone to overeating.
- Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 11:19
- Synonyms:
- gluttonish, gluttonly
- Greedy.
- Then they could smile and fawn upon his debts, / And take down the interest into their gluttonous maws.c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
- ["]The voracious caterpillar when transformed into a butterfly," … "and the gluttonous maggot when become a fly," content themselves with a drop or two of honey or some other sweet liquid.1854 August 9, Henry D[avid] Thoreau, “Higher Laws”, in Walden; or, Life in the Woods, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC, page 231
gluttonous meaning in Marathi, Urdu, Malayalam and Arabic
gluttonous in Marathi
- gluttonous, edacious
- हावरट hāvraṭ
- gluttonous, voracious
- खादाड khādāḍ, अधाशी adhāśī
gluttonous in Urdu
- حریص, لالچی, پیٹو
gluttonous in Malayalam
- അത്യാർത്തിയുള്ള, ബഹുഭോജിയായ, ആർത്തിയോടെ ഭക്ഷിക്കുന്ന, തീറ്റിമാടനായ
gluttonous in Arabic
- given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
- نَهِم nahim, شَرِه šarih
- greedy — see also greedy
- جَشِع jašiʕ
More languagesFewer languages
- gluttonous in Indonesian
- lahap, rakus, caruk
- gluttonous in Vietnamese
- phàm ăn
Examples of gluttonous in a sentence
- Do the feasters gluttonous feast? / Do the corpulent sleepers sleep? have they lock'd and bolted doors? / Still be ours the diet hard, and the blanket on the ground, / Pioneers!1865 October 28, Walt Whitman, “Pioneers! O Pioneers!”, in Walt Whitman’s Drum-Taps, New York, N.Y.: […] [Peter Eckler], →OCLC, stanza 24...
- Look your last on your dearest ones, / Brothers and husbands, fathers, sons: / Swift they go to the ravenous guns, / The gluttonous guns of War.1914, Robert W. Service, The Call:
Synonyms of gluttonous
Forms of gluttonous
| comparative | more gluttonous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most gluttonous |
Origin of gluttonous
From Middle English glotenose, glotenouse, glotonos, glotonous, glotounius, glotynous, from Middle French glotonos; equivalent to glutton + -ous.
Words formed from gluttonous
Questions about gluttonous
- What does gluttonous mean?
- Gluttonous means given to excessive eating; prone to overeating.
- What is gluttonous in Marathi?
- Gluttonous in Marathi is हावरट (hāvraṭ), खादाड (khādāḍ), अधाशी (adhāśī). See Gluttonous meaning in Marathi.
- How do you use gluttonous in a sentence?
- Do the feasters gluttonous feast? / Do the corpulent sleepers sleep? have they lock'd and bolted doors? / Still be ours the diet hard, and the blanket on the ground, / Pioneers!
- What part of speech is gluttonous?
- Gluttonous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce gluttonous?
- Gluttonous is pronounced /ˈɡlʌt(ə)nəs/ (UK).
Words near gluttonous in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: gluttonous (page history and authors); अधाशी (Marathi) (page history and authors); gluttonous (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gluttonous (Malayalam Wiktionary) (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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