The Only Use
glutton
in
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
(Edited)
- What is the meaning of all this gluttony, this waste, this self-indulgence?
p. 126.5gluttony = eating or drinking to excess
Definitions:
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(glutton) someone who consumes more than they should -- especially eating and drinking too muchThe expression: "a glutton for punishment" usually refers to someone who persists in some activity despite negative consequences, but it can also be used to stress that someone loves something as in "a glutton for sunshine".
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(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.