English-Thai Dictionary

glutton

N คน ตะกละ  คน โลภ  gourmand epicure kon-ta-kla

 

gluttonize

VI กิน มาก เกิน พอดี 

 

gluttonous

ADJ ตะกละ  ซึ่ง หิว กระหาย  ละโมบ  greedy hungry ta-kla

 

gluttony

N นิสัย ตะกละ  ความ ตะกละ  excesses immoderation ni-sai-ta-kla

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GLUTTON

n.glut'n. [Low L. gluto.] One who indulges to excess in eating. 1. One eager of any thing to excess.
Gluttons in murder, wanton to destroy.
2. In zoology, an animal of the genus Ursus, found in the N. of Europe and Siberia. It grows to the length of three feet, but has short legs and moves slowly. It is a carnivorous animal, and in order to catch its prey, it climbs a tree and from that darts down upon a deer or other animal. It is names from its voracious appetite.

 

GLUTTONIZE

v.i.To eat to excess; to eat voraciously; to indulge the appetite to excess; to be luxurious.

 

GLUTTONOUS

a.Given to excessive eating; indulging the appetite for food to excess; as a gluttonous age. 1. Consisting in excessive eating; as gluttonous delight.

 

GLUTTONOUSLY

adv. With the voracity of a glutton; with excessive eating.

 

GLUTTONY

n.Excess in eating; extravagant indulgence of the appetite for food. 1. Luxury of the table.
Their sumptuous gluttonies and gorgeous feasts.
2. Voracity of appetite.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GLUTTON

Glut "ton, n. Etym: [OE. glotoun, glotun, F. glouton, fr. L. gluto,glutto. See Glut. ]

 

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

 

2. Fig. : One who gluts himself. Gluttons in murder, wanton to destroy. Granville.

 

3. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A carnivorous mammal (Gulo luscus ), of the family Mustelidæ, about the size of a large badger. It was formerly believed to be inordinately voracious, whence the name; the wolverene. It is a native of the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia. Glutton bird (Zoöl.), the giant fulmar (Ossifraga gigantea ); -- called also Mother Carey's goose, and mollymawk.

 

GLUTTON

GLUTTON Glut "ton, a.

 

Defn: Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing. "Glutton souls." Dryden. A glutton monastery in former ages makes a hungry ministry in our days. Fuller.

 

GLUTTON

GLUTTON Glut "ton, v. t. & i.

 

Defn: To glut; to eat voraciously. [Obs. ] Gluttoned at last, return at home to pine. Lovelace. Whereon in Egypt gluttoning they fed. Drayton.

 

GLUTTONISH

GLUTTONISH Glut "ton *ish, a.

 

Defn: Gluttonous; greedy. Sir P. Sidney.

 

GLUTTONIZE

Glut "ton *ize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gluttonized; p. pr. & vb. n.Gluttonizing.]

 

Defn: To eat to excess; to eat voraciously; to gormandize. Hallywell.

 

GLUTTONOUS

GLUTTONOUS Glut "ton *ous, a.

 

Defn: Given to gluttony; eating to excess; indulging the appetite; voracious; as, a gluttonous age. -- Glut "ton *ous *ly, adv. -- Glut "ton *ous *ness, n.

 

GLUTTONY

Glut "ton *y, n.; pl. Gluttonies. Etym: [OE. glotonie, OF. glotonie,gloutonnie.]

 

Defn: Excess in eating; extravagant indulgence of the appetite for food; voracity. Their sumptuous gluttonies, and gorgeous feasts. Milton.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

glutton

glut ton |ˈglətn ˈɡlətn | ▶noun 1 an excessively greedy eater. • a person who is excessively fond of or always eager for something: a glutton for adventure. 2 another term for wolverine, esp. the European species. [translation of German Vielfrass ‘glutton, ’ from Middle Low German velvratze, velevras ‘wolverine. ’] PHRASES a glutton for punishment a person who is always eager to undertake hard or unpleasant tasks. DERIVATIVES glut ton ize |-ˌīz |verb ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French gluton, from Latin glutton-, related to gluttire ‘to swallow, ’ gluttus ‘greedy, ’ and gula ‘throat. ’

 

gluttonous

glut ton ous |ˈglətnəs ˈɡlʌtənəs | ▶adjective excessively greedy: a gluttonous, cigar-smoking capitalist. DERIVATIVES glut ton ous ly |-əslē |adverb

 

gluttony

glut ton y |ˈglətn -ē ˈɡlətni | ▶noun habitual greed or excess in eating. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French glutonie, from gluton ‘glutton. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

glutton

glut |ton |ˈglʌt (ə )n | ▶noun 1 an excessively greedy eater. • a person who is excessively fond of something: he's a glutton for adventure. 2 old-fashioned term for wolverine. PHRASES a glutton for punishment a person who is always eager to undertake hard or unpleasant tasks. DERIVATIVES gluttonize (also gluttonise ) verb ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French gluton, from Latin glutto (n- ) related to gluttire ‘to swallow ’, gluttus ‘greedy ’, and gula ‘throat ’.

 

gluttonous

glut ¦ton |ous |ˈglʌt (ə )nəs, ˈglʌtənəs | ▶adjective excessively greedy: a gluttonous, cigar-smoking capitalist. DERIVATIVES gluttonously adverb

 

gluttony

glut |tony |ˈglʌt (ə )ni | ▶noun [ mass noun ] habitual greed or excess in eating. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French glutonie, from gluton ‘glutton ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

glutton

glutton noun I can barely stomach being at the same table with that glutton: gourmand, overeater, big eater, gorger, gobbler; informal pig, greedy pig, guzzler.

 

gluttonous

gluttonous adjective doesn't anyone ever feed those gluttonous children? greedy, gourmandizing, voracious, insatiable, wolfish; informal piggish, piggy. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See greedy . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

gluttony

gluttony noun the gluttony you displayed last evening was reprehensible: greed, greediness, overeating, gourmandism, gourmandizing, voracity, insatiability; informal piggishness.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

glutton

glutton noun gourmand, gourmandizer, overeater, gorger, big eater; informal pig, greedy pig, hog, gannet, greedy guts, gutbucket, human dustbin, gobbler, guzzler; N. Amer. informal chowhound; rare trencherman.

 

gluttonous

gluttonous adjective greedy, gourmandizing, voracious, insatiable, wolfish; informal piggish, piggy, hoggish, gannet-like, with eyes bigger than one's stomach; rare edacious, esurient, gourmand, ventripotent. ANTONYMS moderate, abstemious.

 

gluttony

gluttony noun greed, greediness, overeating, gourmandism, gourmandizing, gluttonousness, voraciousness, voracity, wolfishness, insatiability; informal piggishness, hoggishness, gutsiness; technical polyphagia, hyperphagia; rare edaciousness, edacity, gulosity, esurience. ANTONYMS moderation, abstinence.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

glutton

glut ton /ɡlʌ́t (ə )n /名詞 C 1 ｟けなして ｠大食漢, 食い意地の張った人 .2 ｟くだけて ｠ «…に » 熱心な [凝る ]人 «for » ▸ a glutton for work [books ]仕事好きな [書物をむさぼり読む ]人 ▸ a glutton for punishment 仕事 [苦労 ]好き (な人 ).

 

gluttonous

glut ton ous /ɡlʌ́t (ə )nəs /形容詞 ｟主に文 ｠1 大食いの, 食いしん坊の .2 «…に » 貪欲 （どんよく ）な, «…を » むさぼる ; «…に » 凝る «of » .～ly 副詞 がつがつと ; 貪欲に .

 

gluttony

glut ton y /ɡlʌ́t (ə )ni /名詞 U ｟かたく ｠大食い, 大食 ; 暴飲暴食 .