gourmandise
1 Americannoun
verb (used without object)
noun
Etymology
Origin of gourmandise
From French; see origin at gormandize
Example Sentences
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And her overriding obsession with gastronomy and wine can get tedious and, as Jan Morris commented, “may drive readers of less urbane gourmandise all the more readily to the deep-freeze Ocean Pie.”
From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2021
Sukari chewed the leaves gamely, working her jaws with real gourmandise.
From New York Times • Jul. 3, 2014
On their way to gourmandise, a curious thing has happened to born-again American cooks: they have rediscovered the glorious raw ingredients and inimitable provincial dishes of their own country.
From Time Magazine Archive
The ascent to gourmandise is no longer a matter of picking up a cookbook and buying a set of copper pots.
From Time Magazine Archive
There was no affectation of gourmandise, the vice of male dinners.
From The Young Duke by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
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