glutton 1
/glut"n/ , n.
1. a person who eats and drinks excessively or voraciously.
2. a person with a remarkably great desire or capacity for something: a glutton for work; a glutton for punishment.
[ 1175-1225; ME glutun glouton glutton- (s. of glutto ), var. of GLUTO glutton, akin to glutire to gulp down ]
Syn. 1. gourmand; gastronome; chowhound.
glutton 2
/glut"n/ , n.
the wolverine, Gulo gulo, of Europe.
[ 1665-75; trans. of G Vielfrass, equiv. to viel much + frass eating, deriv. of fressen (of animals) to eat ]