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English word origin

Etymology of glut

Inherited from Middle English glotien /glotten, probably derived from Old French gloter /glotir /glotoiier (“to eat greedily”) [compare French engloutir (“to devour”), French glouton (“glutton”)], derived from Latin glut

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Unnumbered source etymology

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noun

An excess, too much. · That which is swallowed. · Something that fills up an opening. · A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks.

verb

To fill to capacity; to satisfy all demand or requirement; to sate. · To provide (a market) with so much of a product that the supply greatly exceeds the demand. · To eat gluttonously or to satiety.

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Inherited from Middle English glotien /glotten, probably derived from Old French gloter /glotir /glotoiier (“to eat greedily”) [compare French engloutir (“to devour”), French glouton (“glutton”)], derived from Latin gluttiō, gluttīre (“to swallow”). Compare Russian глота́ть (glotátʹ, “to swallow”).

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