the act or practice of eating to excess
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
glut•ton•y
(glut′n ē),USA pronunciation n.
- excessive eating and drinking.
- Old French glotonie; see glutton1, -y3
- Middle English glotonie, glutonie 1175–1225
- gormandizing, intemperance, voracity.
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glut•ton1 /ˈglʌtən/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
glut•ton•ous•ly, adv.
glut•ton•y, n. [uncountable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- a person who eats and drinks too much.
- a person with a remarkably great desire or capacity for something:a glutton for work.
glut•ton•ous•ly, adv.
glut•ton•y, n. [uncountable]
glut•ton1
(glut′n),USA pronunciation n.
glut•ton2 (glut′n),USA pronunciation n.
- a person who eats and drinks excessively or voraciously.
- a person with a remarkably great desire or capacity for something:a glutton for work; a glutton for punishment.
- Latin gluttōn- (stem of gluttō), variant of glūtō glutton, akin to glūtīre to gulp down
- Old French glouton
- Middle English glutun 1175–1225
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged gourmand; gastronome; chowhound.
glut•ton2 (glut′n),USA pronunciation n.
- Mammalsthe wolverine, Gulo gulo, of Europe.
- translation of German Vielfrass, equivalent. to viel much + frass eating, derivative of fressen (of animals) to eat 1665–75
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