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glutton

noun
glut·​ton | \ ˈglÉ™-tᵊn How to pronounce glutton (audio) \

Definition of glutton

1a : one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking
b : one that has a great capacity for accepting or enduring something a glutton for punishment
2 : wolverine sense 1a
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Examples of glutton in a Sentence

he's such a glutton that he ate the whole cake

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 For this plan to work, scientists will need to engineer antibiotic gluttons. — Jonathon Keats, Discover Magazine, "Bacteria That Eat Drugs Could Help Solve the Antibiotic Resistance Crisis," 8 Nov. 2018 Too Much Food Members of the fig genus Ficus tend to be gluttons for fertilizer. — Molly Marquand, Good Housekeeping, "5 Mistakes You’re Making With Your Fiddle-Leaf Fig," 15 Aug. 2016 For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and slumber will clothe them with rags. — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, "Judgement and Epiphany on Pittsburgh’s Number 79 Bus," 11 May 2018 Two brobdingnagian, very physical human beings, gluttons for enjoyment, at a 1,000-person party during Ultra weekend? — David J. Neal, miamiherald, "Shaq’s threw a party Ultra weekend. Some dancing was ri-Gronk-ulous (and shirtless) | Miami Herald," 25 Mar. 2018 Becca, glutton for punishment, shows up in the studio with Chris Harrison. — Melissa Locker, Time, "The Bachelor Recap: Did Arie Choose Lauren or Becca?," 7 Mar. 2018 Anybody who is a glutton for fairness is probably better off in a profession other than coaching. — David Murphy, Philly.com, "Doug Pederson deserves more credit than he's getting | David Murphy," 4 Sep. 2017 Cheese by the truckload, salumi by the boatload — San Francisco’s annual Winter Fancy Food Show is a glutton’s paradise. — Mary Orlin, The Mercury News, "Top 10 trends at the San Francisco Winter Fancy Food Show," 23 Jan. 2017 This trick works because the human brain is a glutton for stories. — Julie Beck, The Atlantic, "To Remember Random Errands, Turn Them Into a Story," 24 June 2017

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First Known Use of glutton

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

History and Etymology for glutton

Middle English glotoun, from Anglo-French glutun, glotun, from Latin glutton-, glutto; akin to Latin gluttire to swallow, gula throat, Old English ceole

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glutton

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English Language Learners Definition of glutton

: a person who eats too much
: someone who wants a large amount of something

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glutton

noun
glut·​ton | \ ˈglÉ™-tᵊn How to pronounce glutton (audio) \

Kids Definition of glutton

: a person or animal that overeats

Other Words from glutton

gluttonous \ ˈglÉ™-​tÉ™-​nÉ™s \ adjective

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