gormandize

[ verb gawr-muhn-dahyz; noun gawr-muhn-deez ]

verb (used with or without object)

, gor·mand·ized, gor·mand·iz·ing.

1. to eat greedily or ravenously.

noun

1. gourmandise ¹.

gormandize

verb

1. to eat (food) greedily and voraciously

noun

1. a less common variant of gourmandise

Derived Forms

• ˈgormandˌizer, noun

Other Words From

• gormand·izer noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of gormandize¹

1540–50; < French gourmandise (noun), equivalent to Middle French gourmand gourmand + -ise noun suffix later taken as v. suffix -ize

Example Sentences

Our early ancestors were remarkable for their frugality, and it is supposed that luxurious, or, at least, full living was introduced by the Danes: it has been even asserted that the verb gormandize was derived from Gormond, a Danish king, who was persuaded by Alfred to be baptized.

From Project Gutenberg

In Scotland, likewise, they have given themselves unto very ample and large diet, wherein as for some respect nature doth make them equal with us, so otherwise they far exceed us in over much and distemperate gormandize, and so engross their bodies, that divers of them do oft become unapt to any other purpose than to spend their time in large tabling and belly cheer.

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On examination, he found that he had spent enough for provisions on which to gormandize to have lasted eight months, and yet he had been on the route but two and a half months.

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They did not gormandize, for gluttony leads to a fit of indigestion, and that leads to bad temper.

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No cheerful note escapes them as they persistently gormandize, and, if the truth must be confessed, they appear to be rather stupid and uninteresting, albeit they visit us at a time when we are most inclined to rapture over our bird visitors.

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