Gourmand
//ɡɔɹˈmɑnd// noun
noun ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink; a greedy or ravenous eater.
"I knew him, at Caivs trencher, when for hyre, / He proſtituted his abuſed body / To that great gourmond, fat Apicivs;"
- 2 a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess wordnet
- 3 A person who appreciates good food.
"The third key was the number of demands from different patrons or groups for their own specialized cuisines. Such patrons included the court, rich households, and scholar-gourmands. Buddhists and Muslims also elaborated their own cuisines (sucai 素菜 and qingzhen 清真)."
Example
More examples"Not everyone who wants to may be a gourmand."
Etymology
From Middle English gourmaunt, gormond, gromonde, from Old French gormant (“a glutton”, noun), from gormant (“gluttonous”, adjective), of uncertain origin.
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