Thesaurus: glutton
One who eats voraciously, or to excess; a gormandizer.
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Definitions
- n. One who eats voraciously, or to excess; a gormandizer.
- n. Fig.: One who gluts himself.
- n. A carnivorous mammal (Gulo luscus), of the family Mustelidae, about the size of a large badger. It was formerly believed to be inordinately voracious, whence the name; the wolverene. It is a native of the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia.
- a. Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing.
- v. t. & i. To glut; to eat voraciously.
- n. a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess
- n. musteline mammal of northern Eurasia
- A carnivorous mammal (Gulo luscus), of the family Mustelidæ,about the size of a large badger. It was formerly believed to beinordinately voracious, whence the name; the wolverene. It is anative of the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia. Gluttonbird (Zoöl.), the giant fulmar (Ossifraga gigantea); -- called alsoMother Carey's goose, and mollymawk.
- n:100 n. a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess n. musteline mammal of northern Eurasia