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# glutton

«glutton» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a person who eats far too much and greedily** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (gluttons)

### meaning for a pupil

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

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and 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. In the primary lessons: in tales a glutton is a greedy character who eats enormous amounts, often as a joke or a warning

### 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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/glutton/#x2)
- The glutton had devoured the whole feast at one sitting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/glutton/#x3)
- He is such a glutton; he ate three helpings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/glutton/#x4)
- The glutton said he was too hungry to stop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/glutton/#x5)
- Don't be a glutton and take the last cake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/glutton/#x6)

### 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 the corpora

- [For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.669/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «glutton» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/glutton/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.