Synonymer

Uttal

  • GenAm:
    • IPA: /ˈɡlʌt.n̩/
  • RP:
    • IPA: /ˈɡlʌt.n̩/

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Definitioner

Adjektiv

  1. Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing.

Substantiv

  1. One who eats voraciously, obsessively, or to excess; a gormandizer.
  2. (figuratively) One who consumes voraciously, obsessively, or to excess
  3. The wolverine, Gulo gulo, of the family Mustelidae, a carnivorous mammal about the size of a large badger, native to the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia.

Verb

  1. (archaic) To glut; to satisfy (especially an appetite) by filling to capacity.
  2. (obsolete) To glut; to eat voraciously.

Exempel

  • A glutton monastery in former ages makes a hungry ministry in our days.
  • So, so, thou common dog, didst thou disgorge Thy glutton bosom of the royal Richard?
  • Such a glutton would eat until his belly hurts.
  • "Gluttons in murder, wanton to destroy."
  • Hope is a subtle Glutton / He feeds upon the Fair
  • "A good few indeed, my man," replied the captain. "Yes, you may make away with a deal of money and be neither drunkard nor glutton."
  • Gluttoned at last, return at home to pine.
  • In some cities their [local branches] have become gluttoned with success, and in their misguided overzealous ambition they are 'killing the goose that lays the golden egg.'
  • Whereon in Egypt gluttoning they fed.
  • Thus do I pine and surfeit day by day, / Or gluttoning on all, or all away.

Böjningsformer

PerfektparticipgluttonedImperfektgluttoned
PresensparticipgluttoningPluralgluttons
Komparativmore gluttonSuperlativmost glutton
Tredje person singular indicativ presensgluttons