Both Uses of
glutton
in
The Odyssey, by Homer - (translated by: Butler)
- Now there came a certain common tramp who used to go begging all over the city of Ithaca, and was notorious as an incorrigible glutton and drunkard.†
Book 18 *
- Irus was very angry and answered, "You filthy glutton, you run on trippingly like an old fish-fag.†
Book 18
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.