Recent Examples on the WebBut there's no need to be a glutton for punishment, either. Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 8 Aug. 2022 Either that, or the Saint Mary’s basketball coach is a glutton for punishment. Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 June 2022 Todd Orlando is apparently a glutton for punishment.Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2021 For a former television celebrity who is a glutton for public attention, the decision extends by six months a political starvation diet imposed since January by a social media blackout and his departure from the White House.Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2021 Betty Draper, as a character, was a glutton for attention, and she was consistently starved of it. Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2020 No, we’ve been told, the state shouldn’t go out of its way to make the disadvantaged whole or bring law and order to an economy controlled by gamblers, gluttons, and cheats. Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic, 3 June 2020 Calling all gluttons for goosebumps:Here's a list of the best haunted houses in CincinnatiBriana Rice is a trending news reporter for the Enquirer. Briana Rice, Cincinnati.com, 24 Oct. 2019 China, the world’s builder, is also the planet’s sand glutton. Paul Salopek, National Geographic, 26 June 2019 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English glotoun, from Anglo-French glutun, glotun, from Latin glutton-, glutto; akin to Latin gluttire to swallow, gula throat, Old English ceole