glutton

glutton
    n 1: a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess
         [syn: {glutton}, {gourmand}, {gourmandizer}, {trencherman}]
    2: musteline mammal of northern Eurasia [syn: {glutton}, {Gulo
       gulo}, {wolverine}]
    

Glutton \Glut"ton\, n. [OE. glotoun, glotun, F. glouton, fr. L.
   gluto, glutto. See {Glut}.]
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   1. One who eats voraciously, or to excess; a gormandizer.
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   2. Fig.: One who gluts himself.
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            Gluttons in murder, wanton to destroy. --Granville.
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   3. (Zool.) A carnivorous mammal ({Gulo gulo} formerly {Gulo
      luscus}), of the weasel family {Mustelid[ae]}, about the
      size of a large badger; called also {wolverine},
      {wolverene} and {carcajou}. It was formerly believed to be
      inordinately voracious, whence the name. It is a native of
      the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia.
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   {Glutton bird} (Zool.), the giant fulmar ({Ossifraga
      gigantea}); -- called also {Mother Carey's goose}, and
      {mollymawk}.
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Glutton \Glut"ton\, a.
   Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing. "Glutton souls." --Dryden.
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         A glutton monastery in former ages makes a hungry
         ministry in our days.                    --Fuller.
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Glutton \Glut"ton\, v. t. & i.
   To glut; to eat voraciously. [Obs.]
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         Gluttoned at last, return at home to pine. --Lovelace.
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         Whereon in Egypt gluttoning they fed.    --Drayton.
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Wolverene \Wol`ver*ene"\, Wolverine \Wol`ver*ine"\, n. [From
   {Wolf}, with a dim suffix; prob. so called from its supposed
   wolfish qualities.]
   1. (Zool.) A carnivorous mammal ({Gulo gulo} formerly {Gulo
      luscus}), of the weasel family {Mustelidae}, about the
      size of a large badger; called also {glutton} and
      {carcajou}. It is a native of the northern parts of
      America, Europe, and Asia.
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   2. A nickname for an inhabitant of Michigan. [U. S.]
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GLUTTON, n.  A person who escapes the evils of moderation by
committing dyspepsia.
    

Glutton
(Deut. 21:20), Heb. zolel, from a word meaning "to shake out,"
"to squander;" and hence one who is prodigal, who wastes his
means by indulgence. In Prov. 23:21, the word means debauchees
or wasters of their own body. In Prov. 28:7, the word (pl.) is
rendered Authorized Version "riotous men;" Revised Version,
"gluttonous." Matt. 11:19, Luke 7:34, Greek phagos, given to
eating, gluttonous.
    

84 Moby Thesaurus words for "glutton":
      Brillat-Savarin, Cape polecat, Lucullus, ape, bar, bear, belly-god,
      board-and-roomer, boarder, bon vivant, cannibal, carnivore, cavy,
      chimp, chimpanzee, connoisseur of food, consumer, coon, cormorant,
      diner, diner-out, eater, eater-out, epicure, feeder, ferret,
      flesh-eater, foumart, fruitarian, gannet, gastronome, gorger,
      gormand, gormandizer, gourmand, gourmandizer, gourmet, grain-eater,
      graminivore, granivore, greedy eater, greedygut, greedyguts,
      groundhog, guinea pig, guttler, hedgehog, herbivore, high liver,
      hog, hungry mouth, husky eater, lactovegetarian, luncher,
      man-eater, meat-eater, monk, monkey, mousehound, mouth, omnivore,
      omophagist, opossum, pantophagist, phytophage, picnicker, pig,
      plant-eater, polecat, porcupine, possum, prairie dog, predacean,
      quill pig, raccoon, skunk, trencherman, trencherwoman, vegetarian,
      weasel, whistle-pig, wolverine, woodchuck, zoril