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Gourmandise

//ˈɡʊɹməndaɪz// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    gluttony uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To eat food in a gluttonous manner; to gorge; to make a pig of oneself.

    "I have long dream'd of such a kind of man, / So surfeit-swell'd, so old and so profane; / But, being awaked, I do despise my dream. / Make less thy body hence, and more thy grace; / Leave gormandizing; know the grave doth gape / For thee thrice wider than for other men."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From gourmand + -ise.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French gourmandise.

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