glutton

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈɡlʌt(ə)n/

Noun

figuratively archaic

One who eats voraciously, obsessively, or to excess; a gormandizer. / (figuratively) One who consumes voraciously, obsessively, or to excess / (now rare) The wolverine, Gulo gulo.

Japanese Meaning

食べ過ぎる人、暴飲暴食する人、大食漢など、食事を過度に楽しむ人。 / (現代では稀な意味) 北米やユーラシアに生息するイタチ科の動物、ウルブリンを指す場合もある。

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Despite his slender frame, he was a glutton who could finish an entire feast on his own.

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彼は細身にもかかわらず、大食漢で一度にごちそうを全部平らげることができた。

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Sense（1）

One who eats voraciously, obsessively, or to excess; a gormandizer.

Such a glutton would eat until his belly hurts.

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Sense（2）

(figuratively) One who consumes voraciously, obsessively, or to excess

Gluttons in murder, wanton to destroy.

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Sense（3）

(now rare) The wolverine, Gulo gulo.

[A] civil establishment […] is the animal called a glutton, which falling from a tree (in which it generally conceals itself) upon some noble animal, immediately begins to tear it, and suck its blood […] .

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gluttons

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