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South American glutton. (b) A South American monkey (Lagothrix infumatus), said to be gluttonous.

The throat; the gullet. [Obs.] Throats so wide and gules so gluttonous. Gauden.

To dwell on or recur to a subject tediously or monotonously in speaking or in writing; to refer to something repeatedly or continually; -- usually with on or upon. "Harpings upon old themes." W. Irving. Harping on what I am, Not what he knew I was. Shak. To harp on one string, to dwell upon one subject with disagreeabl…

A mean, filthy, or gluttonous fellow. [Low.]

Swinish; gluttonous; filthy; selfish. -- Hog"gish*ly, adv. -- Hog"gish*ness, n. Is not a hoggish life the height of some men's wishes Shaftesbury.

t of the letter m prolonged, without opening the mouth, or articulating; to mumble in monotonous undertone; to drone. The cloudy messenger turns me his back, And hums. Shak.

Monotonous; dull; commonplace. "A humdrum crone." Bryant.

Gluttonous. [Obs.] Blount.

ove by jogs or small shocks, like those of a slow trot; to move slowly, leisurely, or monotonously; -- usually with on, sometimes with over. Jog on, jog on, the footpath way. Shak. So hung his destiny, never to rot, While he might still jog on and keep his trot. Milton . The good old ways our sires jogged safely over.…

Of, pertaining to, or uttered in, a monotone; monotonous. "Monotonical declamation." Chesterfield.

A drawling or monotonous tone, as of a badly executed song.

To drink intemperately or gluttonously. [Slang]

To feed gluttonously; to cram. Taught harmless man to cram and stuff. Swift.

To play rudely or monotonously on a stringed instrument with the fingers; to strum.

Variegated; diversified; not monotonous. A happy rural seat of various view. Milton.

Greedy in eating; very hungry; eager to devour or swallow; ravenous; gluttonous; edacious; rapacious; as, a voracious man or appetite; a voracious gulf or whirlpool. Dampier. -- Vo*ra"cious*ly, adv. -- Vo*ra"cious*ness, n.

Given to sensual indulgence; gluttonous. [Obs.] Joye.