gourmandize

American  

[goor-muhn-dahyz] / ˈgʊər mənˌdaɪz /

verb (used without object)

gourmandized, gourmandizing

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

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Other Word Forms

• gourmandizer
  noun

Etymology

Origin of gourmandize

First recorded in 1540–50; gourmand + -ize

Explanation

If you love to eat delicious food, and plenty of it, then you tend to gourmandize. A good place for people who gourmandize is an all-you-can-eat buffet. There are other words with a similar meaning, including binge and overeat. The word gourmandize is a fancier way to essentially say the same thing, although it sometimes implies higher-quality food, like when people gourmandize at expensive restaurants, ordering course after course. No matter what you eat, though, when you gourmandize, you eat too much of it. The word comes from gourmand, "glutton."

Example Sentences

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

From Border and Bastille by Lawrence, George A. (George Alfred)