| glutto-, glutt- (Latin: to swallow, gulp down).deglutition: The act of swallowing. ingluvies: In zoology, the crop, maw [stomach, mouth, or gullet of a voracious animal]. glut: To swallow, gulp down; greedily eating too much. Also, 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: One who greedily eats too much; devouring, voracious. gluttonize: The act of swallowing, gulping down. gluttonous: Inclined to eat too much and to do it greedily. gluttony: The habit or act of eating too much. The vice of excessive eating; said to be "one of the seven deadly sins".
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