gastronome
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of gastronome
1815–25; < French, back formation from gastronomie gastronomy
Vocabulary lists containing gastronome
30 GRE Words Beginning with "G" and "H"
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Body Language: Gastr, Gastro ("Stomach")
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Example Sentences
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Gastronome Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin says “stock to a cook is like voice to a singer.”
From Slate • Sep. 21, 2013
I consulted a new book by Yu Zhou, a food expert who was born in Shanghai and has lived in Paris for years: “The Chopstick and the Fork: Tribulations of a Chinese Gastronome in France.”
From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2012
In the course of a charming dissertation on the wines of France, outspoken Gastronome Reboux lately touched on the subject of champagne, France's "Wine of Honor."
From Time Magazine Archive
Hail, Gastronome, Apostle of Excess, Well skilled to overeat without distress!
From The Devil's Dictionary by Bierce, Ambrose
Gastronome, gas′tro-nōm, n. one who pays great attention to his diet, an epicure—also Gastron′omer, Gastron′omist.—adjs.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
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