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glut·ton
/ˈglʌtṇ/
暴食者,酷愛…的人
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Glut·ton
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.
Zool.
A
carnivorous
mammal
(
Gulo gulo
formerly
Gulo luscus
),
of
the
weasel
family
Mustelid
æ,
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
.
Glutton bird
Zool.
,
the
giant
fulmar
(
Ossifraga gigantea
); --
called
also
Mother Carey's goose
,
and
mollymawk
.
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Glut·ton
a.
Gluttonous
;
greedy
;
gormandizing
.
“
Glutton
souls.”
A
glutton
monastery
in
former
ages
makes
a
hungry
ministry
in
our
days
.
--
Fuller
.
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Glut·ton
,
v.
t
. & i.
To
glut
;
to
eat
voraciously
. [
Obs
.]
Gluttoned
at
last
,
return
at
home
to
pine
.
--
Lovelace
.
Whereon
in
Egypt
gluttoning
they
fed
.
--
Drayton
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
glutton
n
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:
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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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