gormandize

[ verb gawr-muh n-dahyz; noun gawr-muh n-deez ]

/ verb ˈgɔr mənˌdaɪz; noun ˌgɔr mənˈdiz /

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verb (used with or without object), gor·mand·ized, gor·mand·iz·ing.

to eat greedily or ravenously.

noun

Words nearby gormandize

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Also especially British, gor·mand·ise.

Origin of gormandize

1540–50; < French gourmandise (noun), equivalent to Middle French gourmand gourmand + -ise noun suffix later taken as v. suffix -ize

OTHER WORDS FROM gormandize

gor·mand·iz·er, noun

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Examples from the Web for gormandize

And others enjoy themselves and gormandize themselves with our labor; and they hold us like dogs on chains, in ignorance.
Mother|Maksim Gorky
Indeed, very frequently when he did not get permission to gormandize, this naughty glutton helped himself without leave.
Holiday House|Catherine Sinclair
Once a year, at the village club dinner, they gormandize to repletion.
The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies|Walter Besant
Their power to gormandize seems unlimited, and the number of insects they can swallow without protest is almost incredible.
The Renewal of Life; How and When to Tell the Story to the Young|Margaret Warner Morley

She satirizes human foibles and weaknesses, showing ghosts that gossip and gormandize, simper and swear as they did in life.
The Supernatural in Modern English Fiction|Dorothy Scarborough

British Dictionary definitions for gormandize

gormandize

gormandise

verb (ˈɡɔːmənˌdaɪz)

to eat (food) greedily and voraciously

noun (ˈɡɔːmənˌdiːz)

a less common variant of gourmandise

Derived forms of gormandize

gormandizer or gormandiser, noun

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gormandize

verb (used with or without object), gor·mand·ized, gor·mand·iz·ing.

noun

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Words nearby gormandize

Origin of gormandize

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British Dictionary definitions for gormandize

gormandise

verb (ˈɡɔːmənˌdaɪz)

noun (ˈɡɔːmənˌdiːz)

Derived forms of gormandize