glutton

UK: /ˈglʌt^ən/ US: /ˈglʌtən/ ,(glut′n)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

glut•ton¹ /ˈglʌtən/   n. [countable]

1. a person who eats and drinks too much.
2. a person with a remarkably great desire or capacity for something:
   a glutton for work.

glut•ton•ous, adj. 
glut•ton•ous•ly, adv. 
glut•ton•y, n. [uncountable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

glut•ton¹  (glut′n), n. 

1. a person who eats and drinks excessively or voraciously.
2. 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

Synonyms

• 1. gourmand; gastronome; chowhound.

glut•ton²  (glut′n), n. 

1. Mammals the 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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glutton / ˈɡlʌt^ən/ noun

1. a person devoted to eating and drinking to excess; greedy person
2. a person who has or appears to have a voracious appetite for something: a glutton for punishment

Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French glouton, from Latin glutto, from gluttīre to swallow

ˈgluttonous, ˈgluttonish adjective

ˈgluttonously adverb

glutton / ˈɡlʌt^ən/ noun

1. another name for wolverine

Etymology: 17th Century: from glutton¹, apparently translating German Vielfrass great eater