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gormand

[ gawr-muhnd ]

noun



gormand

/ ˈɡɔːmənd /

noun

  1. a less common variant of gourmand
“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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  • gormand·ism noun
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Example Sentences

There is a natural desire to retain the delicious fruit for full mastication; there is no such desire, except in the trained gormand, for the retention of animal substance.

Gormand, older form of gourmand.—v.i.

An unfortunate gormand seized it, and was soon placed with the other finny captives.

Gourmand—gōōr�m�nd, not g�r�mand, unless the orthography gormand is used.

It is the latter that would trouble the gormand, and it is said that great suffering, as in the case of the drunkard, is his lot until the desire gradually disappears because of the impossibility of its gratification.

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