Glutton /(?)/

Glut·ton

Glutton

n.
  1. One who eats voraciously, or to excess; a gormandizer.
  2. Fig.: One who gluts himself.
    Gluttons in murder, wanton to destroy.
    — Granville.
  3. A carnivorous mammal (Gulo gulo formerly Gulo luscus), of the weasel family Mustelidæ, about the size of a large badger; called also wolverine, wolverene and carcajou. It was formerly believed to be inordinately voracious, whence the name. It is a native of the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia. (Zool.)

Phrases & Compounds

Glutton bird
the giant fulmar (Ossifraga gigantea); -- called also Mother Carey's goose, and mollymawk.

Glutton

a.
  1. Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing.
    A glutton monastery in former ages makes a hungry ministry in our days.

Glutton

v. t. & i.
  1. To glut; to eat voraciously. [Obs.]
    Gluttoned at last, return at home to pine.
    Whereon in Egypt gluttoning they fed.