foodie

[foo-dee]

noun

Slang.

1. a person keenly interested in food, especially in eating or cooking.

foodie

/ ˈfuːdɪ /

noun

1. a person having an enthusiastic interest in the preparation and consumption of good food

Word History and Origins

Origin of foodie¹

food + -ie, perhaps in part extracted from junkie

Example Sentences

The same way overflowing cheeseboards dominated foodie feeds a few years ago, the act of turning your home kitchen into a “cafe” is the latest in cuisine you can meme.

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Between omakase, small plates and cocktails with unpronounceable ingredients, even the most devoted foodies can get baffled when they walk into a restaurant.

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Every season of that show features a must-try culinary treat or five for the foodies in its audience.

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“I don’t consider myself a foodie,” Shalhoub says in a video interview.

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He was haunting as the conflicted foodie/serial killer in psychological thriller “The Patient,” where he co-starred, ironically, with Steve Carell.

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