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gourmandise

1

[ goor-muhn-deez ]

noun

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


gourmandise

2

[ goor-muhn-dahyz ]

verb (used without object)

, gour·man·dised, gour·man·dis·ing.
  1. Chiefly British. gourmandize.

gourmandise

/ ˌɡʊəmənˈdiːz /

noun

  1. a love of and taste for good food
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of gourmandise1

From French; gormandize
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Example Sentences

We can revel in it, gourmandise on it, smack our lips over it, and the more we get of it the better we shall be.

Elsewhere the practice may be due to superstition in one form or another; among the Battas it is simply gourmandise.

The baronet's eulogium on his friend's taste in gourmandise was well and justly merited.

Gourmandise, or the love of good eating, here the one and only concern, is opposed to excess.

I have consulted the dictionaries under the word gourmandise, and am by no means satisfied with what I find.

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