gourmandise
1 Americannoun
verb (used without object)
noun
Etymology
Origin of gourmandise
From French; see origin at gormandize
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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
He believes that because his own gourmandise was so legendary--he used to eat entire bowls of buttermilk dressing with his salads--he can persuade fellow bubbas to exercise and eat better.
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
In a chapter written for the purpose, the advantages France derived from gourmandise in 1815, were fully explained.
From The Physiology of Taste by Robinson, Fayette
In 1947, after a two-year courtship largely spent gourmandising, she married Martin Nidetch.
From New York Times ● Apr. 29, 2015
The décor involves potted plants and hand-built bicycles from the owners’ bicycle brand named Goodspeed Bicycle Company — the perfect combo for outdoor-loving, gourmandising Canberrans who pick up their wheels in the cafe.
From New York Times ● Jun. 5, 2014
I had naturally," says the Doctor, "a great antipathy against comfort-hunting and gourmandising, particularly on an expedition like ours....
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. by Various
Colonel Ellis, sir, was a noted authority in all matters relating to gourmandising and his opinion was especially respected with regard to the quality of wines.
From Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile by Murray, David Christie
He saw himself gourmandising over the meals that Helen alone could cook.
From Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.) by Bennett, Arnold
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