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English

Etymology

From Latin gluttio (“‘to swallow’”) ( > French engloutir (“‘to devour’”), glouton (“‘glutton’”)). Akin to Russian глотать (“‘to swallow’”)[1].

Pronunciation

Noun

Singular glut

Plural gluts

glut (plural gluts)

  1. an excess, too much

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Verb

Infinitive to glut

Third person singular gluts

Simple past glutted

Past participle glutted

Present participle glutting

to glut (third-person singular simple present gluts, present participle glutting, simple past and past participle glutted)

  1. To fill to capacity, to satisfy all requirement or demand, to sate.

References

  1. ^ “glut” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001

 

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