Meaning of Glutton | Babel Free
ˈɡlʌtn̩Definitions
- One who eats voraciously, obsessively, or to excess; a gormandizer.
- One who consumes anything voraciously, obsessively, or to excess.
- The wolverine, Gulo gulo.
- A giant petrel.
Equivalents
Català
fartaner
Dansk
fråser
Galego
alarbio
aldragón
almudre
broeiro
comellón
comichón
enchedoiro
famoeiro
foia
froia
galafre
garganteiro
glutón
gulipón
gulitrón
lacoeiro
lambaceiro
lambón
lambuzas
lapacaldos
lapón
larafouzas
larchán
larfón
larpán
larpeiro
moulán
papón
Հայերեն
որկրամոլ
Latina
catillo
comedo
comesor
cuppes
edulus
gluttō
gumia
helluo
lurcō
lurco
mando
manduco
mandūcō
polyphagus
porcus
Svenska
frossare
Kiswahili
mlafi
తెలుగు
తిండిపోతు
Türkçe
öbür
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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