Glutton

Definitions

1. One who eats voraciously, obsessively, or to excess; a gormandizer.
2. One who consumes anything voraciously, obsessively, or to excess.
   broadly
3. The wolverine, Gulo gulo.
   archaic
4. 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 […].”

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