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Definition of Gourmand
1. Noun. A person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess.
Generic synonyms: Eater, Feeder
Derivative terms: Gluttonize, Gluttonous, Gourmandize, Gourmandize
Definition of Gourmand
1. n. A greedy or ravenous eater; a glutton. See Gormand.
Definition of Gourmand
1. Noun. A person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink; a greedy or ravenous eater. See gormand. ¹
2. Noun. A person who appreciates good food. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gourmand
1. one who loves to eat [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gourmand
Literary usage of Gourmand
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Synonyms Discriminated: A Dictionary of Synonymous Words in the English by Charles John Smith (1893)
"As the epicure is to the gourmand, so is the VOLUPTUARY ( Lat. ... That great
gourmand, fmt Арена.' Bra ..."
2. Reminiscences, Chiefly of Towns, Villages and Schools by Thomas Mozley (1885)
"THERE was the town gourmand, an unfortunate attorney cursed with a fastidious
taste, and probably a diseased liver, who every morning went the round of the ..."
3. A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1867)
"Most of these conjectures may be traced to Menage on gourmand. To these we may
add, that in the old romance language gorre meant a sow, See Roquefort. ..."
4. Writing of Today: Models of Journalistic Prose by John William Cunliffe, Gerhard Richard Lomer (1922)
"A enjoyed that selfish credulity which an curious drone was in the air ; it was
the able-bodied gourmand feels when he is monster breathing. ..."
5. The Englishwoman in Russia: Impressions of the Society and Manners of the by A lady (1855)
"... anecdote—Wealthy serfs—Recklessness of the nobles—Selling slaves—The cook and
his sorrows—Anecdotes—Serf apprentices—The old gourmand— A good bargain ..."
6. Ten Months Among the Tents of the Tuski: With Incidents of an Arctic Boat by William Hulme Hooper (1853)
"A diminutive gourmand.—Re-enter the Arctic Ocean.—Garry Island.—Ice Blink.—Pelly
Island.—A change of Climate.—Discover New Islands.—An Esquimaux Hamlet. ..."
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