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gastronome

American  
[gas-truh-nohm] / ˈgæs trəˌnoʊm /
Also gastronomer

noun

  1. a connoisseur of good food; gourmet; epicure.


gastronome British  
/ ˈɡæstrəˌnəʊm /

noun

  1. less common words for gourmet

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Etymology

Origin of gastronome

1815–25; < French, back formation from gastronomie gastronomy


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“Exposing myself as the smell-less gastronome was not pleasant,” he said, adding that, though he worried about his reputation and career, there was “a huge need to help these people.”

From New York Times ● Aug. 20, 2021

In different ways, these six said no to all of that, instead extolling the daily pleasure of cooking with fresh, seasonal produce, the way they do in France – the gastronome and vinophile’s Shangri-La.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 16, 2017

“TELL me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are,” declared Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, an 18th-century French gastronome.

From Economist ● Aug. 28, 2014

His legs are an epic, a beatbox, a bel canto, a tango, a fresco, a gastronome.

From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2014

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

From Dumas' Paris by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield

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