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Glutitis

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• Glutose

  [gloo-tohs] /ˈglu toʊs/ noun 1. an ingredient of a syrupy mixture obtained by the action of alkali on levulose or found in the unfermentable reducing portion of cane molasses.

• Gluts

  [gluht] /glʌt/ verb (used with object), glutted, glutting. 1. to feed or fill to satiety; sate: to glut the appetite. 2. to feed or fill to excess; cloy. 3. to flood (the market) with a particular item or service so that the supply greatly exceeds the demand. 4. to choke up: to glut a channel. […]

• Glutted

  [gluht] /glʌt/ verb (used with object), glutted, glutting. 1. to feed or fill to satiety; sate: to glut the appetite. 2. to feed or fill to excess; cloy. 3. to flood (the market) with a particular item or service so that the supply greatly exceeds the demand. 4. to choke up: to glut a channel. […]

• Glutton

  [gluht-n] /ˈglʌt n/ noun 1. a person who eats and drinks excessively or voraciously. 2. a person with a remarkably great desire or capacity for something: a glutton for work; a glutton for punishment. [gluht-n] /ˈglʌt n/ noun 1. the wolverine, Gulo gulo, of Europe. /ˈɡlʌtən/ noun 1. a person devoted to eating and drinking […]

• Glutton for punishment

  Someone who habitually takes on burdensome or unpleasant tasks or unreasonable amounts of work. For example, Rose agreed to organize the church fair for the third year in a row—she’s a glutton for punishment. This expression originated as a glutton for work in the late 1800s, punishment being substituted about a century later.

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