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Pronunciation : Glut"ton
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. glotoun, glotun, F. glouton, fr. L. gluto, glutto. See Glut.]
Definition : 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?l.)

Defn: A carnivorous mammal (Gulo luscus), of the family Mustelid?, about the size of a large badger. It was formerly believed to be inordinately voracious, whence the name; the wolverene. It is a native of the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia. Glutton bird (Zo?l.), the giant fulmar (Ossifraga gigantea); -- called also Mother Carey's goose, and mollymawk.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Glut"ton
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : Defn: Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing. "Glutton souls." Dryden. A glutton monastery in former ages makes a hungry ministry in our days. Fuller.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Glut"ton
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To glut; to eat voraciously. [Obs.] Gluttoned at last, return at home to pine. Lovelace. Whereon in Egypt gluttoning they fed. Drayton.

t. & i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913