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6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Glutton \Glut"ton\, a. Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing. ``Glutton souls.'' --Dryden. A glutton monastery in former ages makes a hungry ministry in our days. --Fuller. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Glutton \Glut"ton\, n. [OE. glotoun glotun F. glouton fr L. gluto, glutto. See {Glut}.] 1. One who eats voraciously, or to excess; a gormandizer. 2. Fig.: One who gluts himself. Gluttons in murder, wanton to destroy. --Granville. 3. (Zo["o]l.) A carnivorous mammal ({Gulo luscus}), of the family {Mustelid[ae]}, about the size of a large badger. It was formerly believed to be inordinately voracious, whence the name the wolverene. It is a native of the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Glutton \Glut"ton\, v. t. & i. To glut; to eat voraciously. [Obs.] Gluttoned at last return at home to pine. --Lovelace. Whereon in Egypt gluttoning they fed. --Drayton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: glutton n 1: a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess [syn: {gourmand}, {trencherman}] 2: wolverine of northern Eurasia [syn: {Gulo gulo}, {wolverine}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Glutton (Deut. 21:20), Heb. zolel from a word meaning "to shake out," "to squander;" and hence one who is prodigal, who wastes his means by indulgence. In Prov. 23:21, the word means debauchees or wasters of their own body. In Prov. 28:7, the word (pl.) is rendered Authorized Version "riotous men;" Revised Version, "gluttonous." Matt. 11:19, Luke 7:34, Greek phagos, given to eating, gluttonous. From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: GLUTTON, n. A person who escapes the evils of moderation by committing dyspepsia.
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