gormandize

[verb gawr-muh n-dahyz; noun gawr-muh n-deez]

verb (used with or without object), gor·mand·ized, gor·mand·iz·ing.

to eat greedily or ravenously.

noun

gourmandise¹.

Also especially British, gor·mand·ise.

Origin of gormandize

1540–50; < French gourmandise (noun), equivalent to Middle French gourmand gourmand + -ise noun suffix later taken as v. suffix -ize

Related formsgor·mand·iz·er, noun

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Examples from the Web for gormandize

Historical Examples

And how I gormandize on hardtack baked in the first place for the Revolutioners, and kept over ever since.
Si Klegg, Book 3 (of 6)
John McElroy
Indeed, very frequently when he did not get permission to gormandize, this naughty glutton helped himself without leave.
Holiday House
Catherine Sinclair
Once a year, at the village club dinner, they gormandize to repletion.
The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies
Walter Besant
Their power to gormandize seems unlimited, and the number of insects they can swallow without protest is almost incredible.
The Renewal of Life; How and When to Tell the Story to the Young
Margaret Warner Morley
And others enjoy themselves and gormandize themselves with our labor; and they hold us like dogs on chains, in ignorance.
Mother
Maksim Gorky

British Dictionary definitions for gormandize

gormandize

gormandise

verb (ˈɡɔːmənˌdaɪz)

to eat (food) greedily and voraciously

noun (ˈɡɔːmənˌdiːz)

a less common variant of gourmandise

Derived Formsgormandizer or gormandiser, noun

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Word Origin and History for gormandize

v.

1540s, from gourmand + -ize.

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Examples from the Web for gormandize

Historical Examples

And how I gormandize on hardtack baked in the first place for the Revolutioners, and kept over ever since.

Indeed, very frequently when he did not get permission to gormandize, this naughty glutton helped himself without leave.

Once a year, at the village club dinner, they gormandize to repletion.

Their power to gormandize seems unlimited, and the number of insects they can swallow without protest is almost incredible.

And others enjoy themselves and gormandize themselves with our labor; and they hold us like dogs on chains, in ignorance.

gormandize

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Word Origin and History for gormandize

v.

Origin of gormandize