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English

Etymology

Old French glutonie, from gloton + -ie < Latin glutio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?.t?n.i/

Noun

gluttony (countable and uncountable, plural gluttonies)

1. The vice of eating to excess.

Related terms

• glut
• glutton
• gluttonous
• gluttonry

Translations

See also

• alimentiveness

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French gloter, glotir (compare French engloutir (“to devour”), glouton (“glutton”)), from Latin glutti?, glutt?re (“I swallow”). Akin to Russian ??????? (glotat?, “to swallow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

glut (plural gluts)

1. An excess, too much.

   Synonyms: excess, overabundance, plethora, slew, surfeit, surplus

   Antonyms: lack, shortage
2. That which is swallowed.
3. Something that fills up an opening.

   Synonym: clog

4. A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks.
5. (mining) A piece of wood used to fill up behind cribbing or tubbing.
6. (bricklaying) A bat, or small piece of brick, used to fill out a course.

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7. (architecture) An arched opening to the ashpit of a kiln.
8. A block used for a fulcrum.
9. The broad-nosed eel (Anguilla anguilla, syn. Anguilla latirostris), found in Europe, Asia, the West Indies, etc.

Related terms

• glutton
• gluttony

Translations

Verb

glut (third-person singular simple present gluts, present participle glutting, simple past and past participle glutted)

1. (transitive) To fill to capacity; to satisfy all demand or requirement; to sate.
2. (intransitive) To eat gluttonously or to satiety.

Translations

References

Polish

Etymology

From Latin gl?ten.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lut/

Noun

glut m inan

1. (colloquial) goo (semi-solid substance)
2. (colloquial) booger (mucus)

   Synonyms: gil, smark, ?pik

Declension

Further reading

• glut in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• glut in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from German Glut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lut/

Noun

glut (nominative plural gluts)

1. glow

Declension

Derived terms

• glutik
• glutön