Glutton

  • 41glutton — deep bodied or obese morphs as a result of an increase in available food. Not of any taxonomic significance but sometimes named as morpha, e.g. morpha lacustris as the result of filling of reservoirs and the very high nutrient load from a flooded …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 42Glutton —    (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.)… …

    Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • 43glutton — Synonyms and related words: Brillat Savarin, Cape polecat, Lucullus, ape, bar, bear, belly god, board and roomer, boarder, bon vivant, cannibal, carnivore, cavy, chimp, chimpanzee, connoisseur of food, consumer, coon, cormorant, diner, diner out …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 44glutton — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. gourmand, greedy person, epicure, overeater, sensualist, hog, pig, garbage hound*. See Synonym Study at epicure . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. *pig, *hog, gourmand, *garbage disposal, eater, epicure, *garbage gut, *chow …

    English dictionary for students

  • 45glutton — [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’,… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 46glutton — sb. HD. 2104. Lat. gluttus, the throat …

    Oldest English Words

  • 47glutton — glut·ton || glÊŒtn n. overeater, one who eats and drinks to excess; one who has an insatiable appetite (for work, money, etc.) …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 48glutton — n. 1. Gormandizer, gourmand, gobbler, greedy gut, voracious eater, excessive eater, belly god, belly slave. 2. Wolverine (Gulo luscus) …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 49glutton — n gormandizer, gourmand, trencherman, big eater, Sl. chowhound, wolf, pig, hog, gobbler, horse, ox, cormorant; pantophagist, eater, omnivore; Sl. belly god, Sl. belly slave, Sl. greedy guts …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 50glutton — glut·ton …

    English syllables