All 4 Uses of
glutton
in
Henry IV, Part 2
- Let him be damned, like the glutton!†
Scene 1.2glutton = someone who consumes more than they should -- especially eating and drinking too much; or someone who persists in an activity even though it has negative consequences; or someone who loves a thing mentioned
- So, so, thou common dog, didst thou disgorge Thy glutton bosom of the royal Richard; And now thou wouldst eat thy dead vomit up, And howl'st to find it.†
Scene 1.3 *
- gluttony and diseases make them; I make them not.†
Scene 2.4gluttony = an instance or habit of consuming too much -- especially eating and drinking too much
- If the cook help to make the gluttony, you help to make the diseases, Doll: we catch of you, Doll, we catch of you; grant that, my poor virtue, grant that.†
Scene 2.4
Definitions:
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(1)
(glutton) someone who consumes more than they should -- especially eating and drinking too much
The expression: "a glutton for punishment" refers to someone who persist in some activity despite negative consequences (as though loving the punishment)
The expression: "a glutton for whatever" refers to people who like whatever a lot -- such that "a glutton for sunshine" loves sunshine. -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Gluttony is an instance or a habit of eating or drinking like a glutton.
Much more rarely, glutton can reference a kind of wolverine in northern Eurasia.