Meaning of Glutton | Babel Free
ˈɡlʌtn̩Definitions
- One who eats voraciously, obsessively, or to excess; a gormandizer.
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One who consumes anything voraciously, obsessively, or to excess. broadly
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The wolverine, Gulo gulo. archaic
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A giant petrel. colloquial
Equivalents
Examples
“Such a glutton would eat until his belly hurts.”
“"Gluttons in murder, wanton to destroy."”
“"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."”
“Hope is a subtle glutton; / He feeds upon the fair;”
“[A] civil establishment […] is the animal called a glutton, which falling from a tree (in which it generally conceals itself) upon some noble animal, immediately begins to tear it, and suck its blood […].”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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