gourmandise

¹

[ goor-muhn-deez ]

noun

1. unrestrained enjoyment of fine foods, wines, and the like.

gourmandise

²

[ goor-muhn-dahyz ]

verb (used without object)

, gour·man·dised, gour·man·dis·ing.

1. Chiefly British. gourmandize.

gourmandise

/ ˌɡʊəmənˈdiːz /

noun

1. a love of and taste for good food

Word History and Origins

Origin of gourmandise¹

From French; gormandize

Example Sentences

We can revel in it, gourmandise on it, smack our lips over it, and the more we get of it the better we shall be.

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Elsewhere the practice may be due to superstition in one form or another; among the Battas it is simply gourmandise.

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The baronet's eulogium on his friend's taste in gourmandise was well and justly merited.

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Gourmandise, or the love of good eating, here the one and only concern, is opposed to excess.

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I have consulted the dictionaries under the word gourmandise, and am by no means satisfied with what I find.

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