Definizione monolingua

glutton

glutton (third-person singular simple present gluttons, present participle gluttoning, simple past and past participle gluttoned)

1. (obsolete) To glut; to eat voraciously.

   ""Gluttoned at last, return at home to pine."" -Lovelace.

   ""Whereon in Egypt gluttoning they fed."" -Drayton.

glutton (plural gluttons)

1. One who eats voraciously, obsessively, or to excess; a gormandizer.

   ""Such a glutton would eat until his belly hurts.""

2. (figuratively) One who consumes voraciously, obsessively, or to excess
   • 1705 — George Granville, The British Enchanters

     ""Gluttons in murder, wanton to destroy.""

   • c.1860 — Emily Dickinson, Hope is a subtle Glutton

     Hope is a subtle Glutton / He feeds upon the Fair

   • 1878 — Thomas Hardy, The Return of the Native

     ""A good few indeed, my man,"" replied the captain. ""Yes, you may make away with a deal of money and be neither drunkard nor glutton.""

3. (zoology) A carnivorous mammal (Gulo gulo), of the family Mustelidæ, about the size of a large badger. It was formerly believed to be inordinately voracious, whence the name; the wolverine. It is a native of the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia.

glutton (comparative more glutton, superlative most glutton)

1. gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing.

   ""A glutton monastery in former ages makes a hungry ministry in our days."" -Fuller.

   • 1597 — William Shakespeare, 2 Henry IV i 3

     So, so, thou common dog, didst thou disgorge
     Thy glutton bosom of the royal Richard

Definizione dizionario glutton

	ghiottone
	one who eats voraciously
	zoology

goloso

	divoratore
	one who eats voraciously

	ingordo
	one who eats voraciously

	ossifraga
	zoology

	volverina
	zoology

ghiottóne

mangione

Altri significati:

gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing.

(figuratively) One who gluts himself.

(obsolete) To glut; to eat voraciously.

One who eats voraciously, or to excess; a gormandizer.

one who gluts himself

(zoology) A carnivorous mammal (Gulo gulo), of the family Mustelidæ, about the size of a large badger. It was formerly believed to be inordinately voracious, whence the name; the wolverine. It is a native of the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia.