gastronome

[ gas-truh-nohm ]
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noun
  1. a connoisseur of good food; gourmet; epicure.

Origin of gastronome

1
1815–25; <French, back formation from gastronomiegastronomy
  • Also gas·tron·o·mer [ga-stron-uh-mer], /gæˈstrɒn ə mər/, gas·tron·o·mist.

Words Nearby gastronome

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How to use gastronome in a sentence

  • The Parisian is without a rival as an epicure and a gastronome, and he associates no stigma with the epithet.

    Dumas' Paris | Francis Miltoun

British Dictionary definitions for gastronome

gastronome

gastronomer (ɡæsˈtrɒnəmə) or gastronomist

/ (ˈɡæstrəˌnəʊm) /


noun
  1. less common words for gourmet

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