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gourmet

[ goor-mey, goor-mey ]

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noun

a connoisseur of fine food and drink; epicure.
Synonyms: bon vivant, gastronome

of or characteristic of a gourmet, especially in involving or purporting to involve high-quality or exotic ingredients and skilled preparation:
gourmet meals; gourmet cooking.
elaborately equipped for the preparation of fancy, specialized, or exotic meals:
a gourmet kitchen.

gourmet

/ ɡurmɛ; ˈɡʊəmeɪ /

a person who cultivates a discriminating palate for the enjoyment of good food and drink

Origin of gourmet¹

1810–20; < French; Old French gromet, grommes valet (especially of a wine merchant)

Origin of gourmet¹

C19: from French, from Old French gromet serving boy

Neither is appealing in a world of easy-to-find gourmet fare.

Finally, an answer to that long-burning question: Where can we watch foodie hamsters devour gourmet miniature burritos?

His lyrical word play contains rhymes about gourmet food more often than not.

Epicurious's iPad app is way better than the website, or the Gourmet cookbook.

But there is a pool, gourmet buffet spreads; it is its own perfect place, in a way.

No true gourmet would ever send this warbler to the shambles so long as scarcer birds might be obtained.

On birthdays and other auspicious occasions dishes appeared which would tempt a gourmet.

The cannibal advertiser evidently is a gourmet, for he is particular as to age, and never eats them married.

Jimmy's a gourmet when he orders at the Pump Room and he's trying to overawe you.

You are a gourmet, you know better about these things than I do, eh?

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