Academic word list — The Academic Word List (AWL) was developed by Averil Coxhead at the School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. The list contains 570 semantic fields which were selected because they… … Wikipedia
glouton — glouton, onne [ glutɔ̃, ɔn ] adj. et n. m. • gloton « canaille » 1080; lat. impér. glutto, de gluttire « avaler », de gluttus « gosier » 1 ♦ Qui mange avidement, excessivement, en engloutissant les morceaux. ⇒ goinfre, goulu, arg. morfal, vorace; … Encyclopédie Universelle
glouton — glouton, onne (glou ton, to n ) adj. 1° Qui mange avec avidité, avec excès. • Chasse des soldats gloutons La troupe fière et hagarde Qui mange tous mes moutons Et bat celui qui les garde, LA FONT. Poés. mêlées, XVII. Il se dit des choses.… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
glutton — [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
glutton — early 13c., from O.Fr. gluton (Mod.Fr. glouton), from L. gluttonem (nom. glutto) overeater, formed from gluttire to swallow, from gula throat, from PIE *gwele (see GLUT (Cf. glut)) … Etymology dictionary
gluttony — (n.) c.1200, glutunie, from O.Fr. glutonie, from gluton glutton (see GLUTTON (Cf. glutton)). Gluttonry recorded from late 12c … Etymology dictionary
glutton — noun 1》 an excessively greedy eater. ↘a person who is very fond of something: he s a glutton for poetry. 2》 old fashioned term for wolverine. Phrases a glutton for punishment a person who is always eager to undertake difficult tasks.… … English new terms dictionary
glutton — [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’,… … Word origins
glutton — n. 1 an excessively greedy eater. 2 (often foll. by for) colloq. a person insatiably eager (a glutton for work). 3 a voracious animal Gulo gulo, of the weasel family. Also called WOLVERINE. Phrases and idioms: a glutton for punishment a person… … Useful english dictionary
