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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Glutton \Glut"ton\, verb (used with an object) & i. To glut; to eat voraciously. [Obs.]
Gluttoned at last, return at home to pine. --Lovelace.
Whereon in Egypt gluttoning they fed. --Drayton.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Glutton \Glut"ton\, noun [OE. glotoun, glotun, F. glouton, fr. L. gluto, glutto. See {Glut}.]
1. One who eats voraciously, or to excess; a gormandizer.
2. Fig.: One who gluts himself.
Gluttons in murder, wanton to destroy. --Granville.
3. (Zo["o]l.) A carnivorous mammal ({Gulo gulo} formerly {Gulo luscus}), of the weasel family {Mustelid[ae]}, 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. [1913 Webster +PJC]
{Glutton bird} (Zo["o]l.), the giant fulmar ({Ossifraga gigantea}); -- called also {Mother Carey's goose}, and {mollymawk}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Glutton \Glut"ton\, adjective Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing. ''Glutton souls.'' --Dryden.
A glutton monastery in former ages makes a hungry ministry in our days. --Fuller.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Wolverene \Wol'ver*ene"\, Wolverine \Wol'ver*ine"\, noun [From {Wolf}, with a dim suffix; prob. so called from its supposed wolfish qualities.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A carnivorous mammal ({Gulo gulo} formerly {Gulo luscus}), of the weasel family {Mustelid[ae]}, about the size of a large badger; called also {glutton} and {carcajou}. It is a native of the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia. [1913 Webster +PJC]
2. A nickname for an inhabitant of Michigan. [U. S.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
glutton
noun
1: a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess [syn: {gourmand}, {trencherman}]
2: wolverine of northern Eurasia [syn: {Gulo gulo}, {wolverine}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
84 Moby Thesaurus words for "glutton": Brillat-Savarin, Cape polecat, Lucullus, ape, bar, bear, belly-god, board-and-roomer, boarder, bon vivant, cannibal, carnivore, cavy, chimp, chimpanzee, connoisseur of food, consumer, coon, cormorant, diner, diner-out, eater, eater-out, epicure, feeder, ferret, flesh-eater, foumart, fruitarian, gannet, gastronome, gorger, gormand, gormandizer, gourmand, gourmandizer, gourmet, grain-eater, graminivore, granivore, greedy eater, greedygut, greedyguts, groundhog, guinea pig, guttler, hedgehog, herbivore, high liver, hog, hungry mouth, husky eater, lactovegetarian, luncher, man-eater, meat-eater, monk, monkey, mousehound, mouth, omnivore, omophagist, opossum, pantophagist, phytophage, picnicker, pig, plant-eater, polecat, porcupine, possum, prairie dog, predacean, quill pig, raccoon, skunk, trencherman, trencherwoman, vegetarian, weasel, whistle-pig, wolverine, woodchuck, zoril
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
GLUTTON, noun A person who escapes the evils of moderation by committing dyspepsia.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Glutton (Deut. 21:20), Heb. zolel, from a word meaning "to shake out," "to squander;" and hence one who is prodigal, who wastes his means by indulgence. In Prov. 23:21, the word means debauchees or wasters of their own body. In Prov. 28:7, the word (pl.) is rendered Authorized Version "riotous men;" Revised Version, "gluttonous." Matt. 11:19, Luke 7:34, Greek phagos, given to eating, gluttonous.
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