gourmand

[ goo r-mahnd, goo r-muh nd ]

/ gʊərˈmɑnd, ˈgʊər mənd /

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noun

a person who is fond of good eating, often indiscriminatingly and to excess.

a gourmet; epicure.

Also gormand.

Origin of gourmand

1400–50; late Middle English gourmaunt < Old French gormant a glutton

OTHER WORDS FROM gourmand

gour·mand·ism, noun

Words nearby gourmand

gourami, gourd, gourd cup, gourd family, gourde, gourmand, gourmandise, gourmandize, gourmet, gourmont, gournia

Example sentences from the Web for gourmand

Beltrán Leyva, a gourmand, was savoring his tamale with its filling of roasted corn.

Trading Dime Bags for Salvador Dali |Jason McGahan |October 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
They gleefully bathe in fresh entrails; they rip the limbs off human bodies like a gourmand digging into a fresh lobster.

Stoker Family Values |Matthew Shaer |October 30, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
One meal prepared for me by artist, writer, and gourmand Claude Tayag in the city of Angeles ranks with any I have ever eaten.

My Year of Eating Dangerously |Simon Majumdar |July 7, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
The London gourmand revels in snails, and the New Yorker demands frogs upon his bill of fare.

Aztec Land |Maturin M. Ballou

And for this—it must be repeated, as for all the best things in the gourmand's life—one journeys to France.

The Feasts of Autolycus |Elizabeth Robins Pennell
He knew Lebel was a gallant and a gourmand, and he was anxious to please him in all senses at once.

Memoirs of the Comtesse du Barry |Baron Etienne Leon Lamothe-Langon
He was not a gourmand or libertine, he had often proudly asserted to himself.

Jessamine |Marion Harland
When an ant has discovered any rich prey, far from enjoying it alone, like a gourmand, it invites all its companions to the feast.

The Insect World |Louis Figuier

British Dictionary definitions for gourmand

gourmand

gormand

/ (ˈɡʊəmənd, French ɡurmɑ̃) /

noun

a person devoted to eating and drinking, esp to excess

Derived forms of gourmand

gourmandism, noun

Word Origin for gourmand

C15: from Old French gourmant, of uncertain origin

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