glutton
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noun \ˈglə-tən\Definition of GLUTTON
1
a : 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 1a
See Examples of GLUTTON
- <he's such a glutton that he ate the whole cake>
Origin of GLUTTON
Middle English glotoun, from Anglo-French glutun, glotun, from Latin glutton-, glutto; akin to Latin gluttire to swallow, gula throat, Old English ceole
First Known Use: 13th century
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