gourmand
Collocations
1ADJ.
dedicated
Definitions
noun
A person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink; a greedy or ravenous eater.
I knew him, at Caivs trencher, when for hyre, / He proſtituted his abuſed body / To that great gourmond, fat Apicivs;
The colonel and his sponsor made a queer contrast: Greystone [the sponsor] long and stringy, with a face that seemed as if a cold wind was eternally playing on it. […] But there was not a more lascivious reprobate and gourmand in all London than this same Greystone.
A person who appreciates good food.
The third key was the number of demands from different patrons or groups for their own specialized cuisines. Such patrons included the court, rich households, and scholar-gourmands. Buddhists and Muslims also elaborated their own cuisines (sucai 素菜 and qingzhen 清真).
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Synonyms
noun — a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess
- glutton
- gourmandizer
- trencherman
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6I knew him, at Caivs trencher, when for hyre, / He proſtituted his abuſed body / To that great gourmond, fat Apicivs;
WiktionaryThe colonel and his sponsor made a queer contrast: Greystone [the sponsor] long and stringy, with a face that seemed as if a cold wind was eternally playing on it. […] But there was not a more lascivi
WiktionaryThe third key was the number of demands from different patrons or groups for their own specialized cuisines. Such patrons included the court, rich households, and scholar-gourmands. Buddhists and Musl
WiktionaryNot everyone who wants to may be a gourmand.
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