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Definition of Gormand
1. n. A greedy or ravenous eater; a luxurious feeder; a gourmand.
2. a. Gluttonous; voracious.
Definition of Gormand
1. Noun. (obsolete spelling of gourmand) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gormand
1. gourmand [n -S] - See also: gourmand
Medical Definition of Gormand
1. A greedy or ravenous eater; a luxurious feeder; a gourmand. Origin: F. Gourmand; cf. Prov. F. Gourmer to sip, to lap, gourmacher to eat improperly, F. Gourme mumps, glanders, Icel. Gormr mud, mire, Prov. E. Gorm to smear, daub; all perh. Akin to E. Gore blood, filth. Cf. Gourmand. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gormand
Literary usage of Gormand
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1867)
"Dr. Johnson inclines to think it a contraction of gorman, or gormand. Most of
these conjectures may be traced to Menage on gourmand. To these we may add, ..."
2. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"gormand, и. [Written also and usually Gour- ravenously or excessively. ...
[Written also but less commonly gormand. ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"Eng.] gormand. gourmand (gor'-,gor'mand), и. and n. ... [< gormand, gourmand,
+ -ts»i.~\ Gluttony. Mod rate Fare and Abstinence I prize In publick, ..."
4. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"And see grail ( 1 ). GOURMAND, a glutton. (F.) Also gormand ... Der. gormand-ize
or gormand-ise, qv GOUT (i), a drop, a disease. (F., —L.) 'Gouts of blood;' ..."
5. The Easy Road to Reading by Carrie Josephine Smith (1917)
""Have no fear, good master," answered gormand. "You will see that they will be
sorry sooner than I shall." \ All the king's family and friends came to see ..."
6. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1820)
"The gormand never loses tight oí the exquisite organs of taste, so admirably
disposed by ... The gormand unites theory with practice, and may be denominated ..."
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