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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“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
The idea that you could prepare dinner like a luminary gastronome using a found object took hold and would not let go.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2019
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
He was something of a gastronome, and would eat anything he particularly liked in an audible manner, and perspire upon his forehead.
From Tono Bungay by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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