gourmandise

¹ American  

[goor-muhn-deez] / ˌgʊər mənˈdiz /

noun

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

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gourmandise ² American  

[goor-muhn-dahyz] / ˈgʊər mənˌdaɪz /

verb (used without object)

gourmandised, gourmandising

1. Chiefly British. gourmandize.

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gourmandise British  

/ ˌɡʊəmənˈdiːz /

noun

1. a love of and taste for good food

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Etymology

Origin of gourmandise

From French; see origin at gormandize

Example Sentences

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

In this age of universal gourmandise, hardly a celebrity in the U.S. will not confess to being a closet chef.

From Time Magazine Archive

I have already referred to these categories of gourmandise destroyed by time.

From The Physiology of Taste by Robinson, Fayette