gastronomy
[ ga-stron-uh-mee ]
/ gæˈstrɒn ə mi /
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noun
the art or science of good eating.
a style of cooking or eating.
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OTHER WORDS FROM gastronomy
gas·tro·nom·ic [gas-truh-nom-ik], /ˌgæs trəˈnɒm ɪk/, gas·tro·nom·i·cal, adjectivegas·tro·nom·i·cal·ly, adverbDictionary.com Unabridged
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How to use gastronomy in a sentence
And America—more Latino, more Asian, and more gastronomically adventurous than ever—seemed to be following suit.
Gastronomically and aesthetically, he has a better time in Paris; but it is in Oxford that most of his ten interviewees live.
I reflected that, gastronomically, Master Paul had probably enjoyed himself better than ourselves.
A Top-Floor Idyl|George van SchaickThus he was sitting after five silent minutes, which both Mary and Boller had improved gastronomically, when Wilkins entered.
In And Out|Edgar Franklin
British Dictionary definitions for gastronomy
gastronomy
/ (ɡæsˈtrɒnəmɪ) /
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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