glutton
pronunciation
How to pronounce glutton in British English:
UK [ˈglʌtn]
How to pronounce glutton in American English:
US [ˈɡlʌtn]
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- Noun:
- a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess
- wolverine of northern Eurasia
Word Origin
- glutton
- glutton: [13] Indo-European *gel- produced a wide range of descendants in the general semantic area ‘swallow’, among them Latin gula ‘throat’ and its offspring French gueule ‘mouth’ and English gullet; German kehle ‘throat’; and Latin gluttīre ‘swallow’, which was probably the ultimate source of English glut [14]. Another was Latin gluttō ‘overeater’, which English acquired via Old French gluton.=> glut, gullet
- glutton (n.)
- "one who eats and drinks to excess," early 13c., from Old French gloton "glutton;" also "scoundrel," a general term of abuse (Modern French glouton), from Latin gluttonem (nominative glutto) "overeater," formed from gluttire "to swallow," from gula "throat," from PIE *gwele- (3) "to swallow" (see glut (v.)). General sense in reference to one who indulges in anything to excess is from 1704. Glutton for punishment is from pugilism; the phrase is from 1854, but the idea is older: Thus, Theocritus, in his Milling-match, calls Amycus "a glutton," which is well known to be the classical phrase at Moulsey-Hurst, for one who, like Amycus, takes a deal of punishment before he is satisfied. [Tom Moore, "Tom Crib's Memorial to Congress," 1819]
Example
- 1. You 've eaten the whole pie , you glutton !
- 2. He is a glutton and a drinker .
- 3. In particular , china has gone from miser to glutton in its use of energy , and is now struggling to diet .
- 4. Families with children also glutton will come to making such a joke .
- 5. Fred : stay away , you glutton !