gourmandize

[goor-muhn-dahyz]

verb (used without object)

gourmandized, gourmandizing 

1. to enjoy fine food and drink, especially often and in lavish quantity.

Other Word Forms

• gourmandizer noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of gourmandize¹

First recorded in 1540–50; gourmand + -ize

Example Sentences

The former assist us by their voracious appetites, that can only be satisfied with gourmandizing upon other insects, particularly the juicy bodies of their larvæ.

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Uncle of mine, I would not accept the gift of all your estates if your gourmandizing be entailed on them.'

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If gourmandize be the favorite failing in these parts, there is surely some excuse for the sinners.

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For what does the economic wisdom of the average capitalist amount to, after all: the narrow, gourmandizing hunger of the average multi-millionaire?

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He's forward in the other car, gourmandizing himself on a jar of condensed milk.

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