n.
- an excessively greedy eater.
▸a person who is very fond of something:
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he's a glutton for poetry.
- old-fashioned term for wolverine.
Phrase
- a glutton for punishment
a person who is always eager to undertake difficult tasks.
Derivative
- gluttonize
or gluttonise v. - gluttonous adj.
- gluttonously adv.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. gluton, from L. glutto(n-), rel. to gluttire ‘to swallow’, gluttus ‘greedy’, and gula ‘throat’.
