glutto-, glutt- +

(Latin: to swallow, gulp down)


deglutition
The act of swallowing.
englut, engluts, englutted, englutting
1. To gulp down; to swallow greedily.
2. To overeat or to eat immodestly; "to make a pig of oneself".
glottonish
Gluttonous; greedy.
glut
1. To swallow, gulp down; greedily eating too much.
2. A supply of something that is much greater than can be sold or is needed or wanted: "The current glut of university graduates could mean that many of them will not be able to find jobs."
3. A furry, northern animal (Gulo gulo) related to the marten and weasel but larger; the American variety is the wolverine.
glutteny
An obsolete form of gluttony.
glutton
1. Someone who greedily eats too much; devouring, voracious.
2. A person who eats or consumes immoderate amounts of food and drink. 3. Someone with an inordinate capacity to receive or withstand something: "He was a glutton for punishment as he stayed up to work until just before dawn."
gluttonize, gluttonise
1. To eat to excess; to eat voraciously; to gormandize.
2. To eat a lot and without restraint.
3. The act of swallowing, gulping down.
gluttonous
1. Inclined to eat too much and to do it greedily; greedy; insatiable.
2. Given to or marked by gluttony.
3. Indulging in something, such as an activity, to excess; voracious.
gluttony, gluttonies
1. The habit or act of eating too much.
2. The vice of excessive eating; said to be "one of the seven deadly sins".
3. Excess in eating and/or drinking.

Related "eat, eating" word units: brycho-; esculent-; esophago-; phago-; vor-.

Cross references of word families that are related directly, or indirectly, to: "food, nutrition, nourishment": alimento-; broma-; carno-; cibo-; esculent-; sitio-; tropho-; Eating Crawling Snacks; Eating: Carnivorous-Plant "Pets"; Eating: Folivory or Leaf Eaters; Eating: Omnivorous.


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