gormandize
verb (used with or without object)
to eat greedily or ravenously.
gormandizer
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a word derived from
gormandize.
Example Sentences
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Occasionally he indulges in such uncomplimentary expressions as "There is no flummery-maker equal to you," while some are hailed with "Long life to you, glutton, gormandizer, and belly-god."
From History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour by Alfred Guy Kingan L'Estrange
On the same principle, the gormandizer needs more of this element than the person of abstemious habits.
From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Calvin Cutter
The Mantis is that gormandizer, the Empusa that ascetic.
From The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
Paul hated him as a trespasser and a gormandizer.
From The Fortunate Youth by William John Locke
The Frenchman is ravenous for the theatrical situation,—a perfect gormandizer of the dramatic event.
From Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life by Charles Theodore Murray
