glut

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. noun the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall
  2. verb overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
  3. verb supply with an excess of

Etymology

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”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

oversupply, surfeit

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