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# glutton

noun (gluttons)

«glutton» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A glutton is a person who eats far too much and greedily. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glutton/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales a glutton is a greedy character who eats enormous amounts, often as a joke or a warning

### Examples

- The glutton had devoured the whole feast at one sitting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glutton/#x1)
- He is such a glutton; he ate three helpings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glutton/#x2)
- The glutton said he was too hungry to stop. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glutton/#x3)
- Don't be a glutton and take the last cake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glutton/#x4)

### Note

a glutton eats more than a fair share, but the word itself sets no count; in a sharing problem it signals an unfair share, not a number

## In Jewish tradition

Someone who eats too much and loses self-control. Deuteronomy lists it among the faults of a rebellious son.

**Interpretation.** The rabbis said the "stubborn and rebellious son" was never actually put to death. They read the law as a warning about where greed may lead.

### Examples

- For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. (Writings PRO.23.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/glutton/#x1)
- and they shall say unto the elders of his city: 'This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he doth not hearken to our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.' (Torah DEU.21.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/glutton/#x2)

### Note

a glutton eats more than a fair share, but the word itself sets no count; in a sharing problem it signals an unfair share, not a number

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «glutton» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glutton/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«glutton» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/glutton.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «glutton» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/glutton/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«glutton» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/glutton.html) on Mova free.