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Tik Root, WIRED, 30 Mar. 2024
The bliss of first bites, illicit cherries jubilee, Miyazaki’s gluttons ... and the crookie?
—Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2024
Plus, there’s the fact that England fans are gluttons for the agony of defeat.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 18 Aug. 2023
Even classic gluttons like bullheads might prefer a leaner cuisine when the wind is cold or the run is just starting.
—Will Ryan, Field & Stream, 5 July 2023
Not that Julius himself was a glutton for heat.
—BostonGlobe.com, 4 Oct. 2021
From Old French, meaning glutton.
—Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day, 5 Mar. 2021
Seated at a ceremonial desk in an airplane hangar, doling out portions of his kingdom to simpering Goneril (Gilmore) and Regan (Lane), this Lear wears the infuriating smirk of a glutton for praise.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2023
So bib up, chow down, and let your inner glutton romp.
—Rand Richards Cooper, Hartford Courant, 31 Jan. 2023
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Word History
Middle English glotoun, from Anglo-French glutun, glotun, from Latin glutton-, glutto; akin to Latin gluttire to swallow, gula throat, Old English ceole
13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
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“Glutton.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glutton. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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