Gourmandise
//ˈɡʊɹməndaɪz// noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 gluttony uncountable
Verb
- 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."
Example
More examples"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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