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foodie

[ foo-dee ]
/ ˈfu di /
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noun Slang.

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

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RELATED WORDS

hedonist, sensualist, connoisseur, gourmet, gastronome, glutton, gourmand

Nearby words

food vacuole, food vessel, food web, food-gathering, foodaholic, foodie, foodstuff, foofaraw, fool, fool and his money are soon parted, a, fool around

Origin of foodie

food + -ie, perhaps in part extracted from junkie
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foodie

foody

/ (ˈfuːdɪ) /

noun plural -ies

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