glutton
The definition of a glutton is someone who is very eager for something, or who cannot get enough of something, or who eats an excessive amount.
(noun)An example of a glutton is a person who keeps going back for second, third and fourth helpings and who eats way more than his share.
See glutton in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- a person who greedily eats too much
- a person with a great capacity for something: a glutton for work
Origin: transl. of Ger vielfrass, lit., great devourer
wolverine
Origin: ME glotoun < OFr gloton < L gluto, glutto < glutire, gluttire, to devour, akin to gula, gullet
Related Forms:
- gluttonize transitive verb, intransitive verb gluttonized, gluttonizing
See glutton in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- A person who eats or consumes immoderate amounts of food and drink.
- A person with an inordinate capacity to receive or withstand something: a glutton for punishment.
- See wolverine.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English glotoun
Origin: , from Old French gloton
Origin: , from Latin gluttō, gluttōn-
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