gourmand
noun
a person who is fond of good eating, often indiscriminatingly and to excess.
gourmandism
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a word derived from
gourmand.
Example Sentences
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It followed naturally that gourmandism should be neither gluttony nor voracity but "the impassioned, considered and habitual preference for whatever pleases the taste."
From Time Magazine Archive
As soon as he had appeased his appetite, or his gourmandism, he went to look to the economy of the establishment.
From Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) A Cornish Story. by William Davy Watson
His gourmandism was a highly agreeable trait; and to hear him talk of roast meat was as appetizing as a pickle or an oyster.
From The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Every extravagant and extraordinary delicacy invented by Epicureanism, from the days of Lucullus to the days of Gallic gourmandism, is here in abundance.
From 'Midst the Wild Carpathians by M?r J?kai
It is unalterably opposed to runaway fads, chimerical visions, unstrung nerves, mental aberration, psychic gourmandism.
From Mastery of Self for Wealth Power Success by Frank C. (Frank Channing) Haddock
