gastronomy

[ga-stron-uh-mee]

noun

the art or science of good eating.
a style of cooking or eating.

Origin of gastronomy

1805–15; < French gastronomie < Greek gastronómia. See gastro-, -nomy

Related formsgas·tro·nom·ic

[gas-truh-nom-ik] /ˌgæs trəˈnɒm ɪk/, gas·tro·nom·i·cal, adjectivegas·tro·nom·i·cal·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for gastronomical

Contemporary Examples of gastronomical

It is open, unmarked territory—a gastronomical no man's land.
Berlin’s Champagne Food Truck
Molly Hannon
July 23, 2011

Historical Examples of gastronomical

Gastronomical delights in Italy are largely of ones own choosing.
Italian Highways and Byways from a Motor Car
Francis Miltoun
So far can literature palliate or compensate for gastronomical privations.
The Book Lovers' Anthology
Various
Its medicinal virtue is as great as its gastronomical goodness.
The Art of Entertaining
M. E. W. Sherwood
About 300 lines of this gastronomical poem are preserved in Athenaeus.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4
Various
These gastronomical researches called for a counterexperiment.
More Hunting Wasps
J. Henri Fabre

British Dictionary definitions for gastronomical

gastronomy

noun

the art of good eating
the type of cookery of a particular regionthe gastronomy of Provence

Word Origin for gastronomy

C19: from French gastronomie, from Greek gastronomia, from gastēr stomach; see -nomy

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Word Origin and History for gastronomical

gastronomy

1814, from French gastronomie, coined 1800 by Joseph de Berchoux (1762-1838) as title of poem on good living, after Gastrologia, title of a now-lost poem of antiquity, quoted by Athenaeus (see gastrology). Berchoux's word is from gaster + nomos "arranging, regulating." Related: Gastronomer.