gourmand
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Definition of gourmand
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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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.”
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noun
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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.”
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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).”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English gourmaunt, gormond, gromonde, from Old French gormant (“a glutton”, noun), from gormant (“gluttonous”, adjective), of uncertain origin.
Words you can make from gourmand
188 playable · top: GORMAND (11 pts)
Best play gormand 11 points7-letter words
2 words6-letter words
9 words5-letter words
33 words- DOGMA 9 pts
- AMONG 8 pts
- DOUMA 8 pts
- DUNAM 8 pts
- MANGO 8 pts
- MAUND 8 pts
- MONAD 8 pts
- MOUND 8 pts
- MUDRA 8 pts
- MUNGO 8 pts
- NOMAD 8 pts
- AMOUR 7 pts
- DONGA 7 pts
- DURAG 7 pts
- GONAD 7 pts
- GOURD 7 pts
- GRAND 7 pts
- GUARD 7 pts
- MANOR 7 pts
- MOURN 7 pts
- ROMAN 7 pts
- UNARM 7 pts
- ADORN 6 pts
- ANDRO 6 pts
- ARGON 6 pts
- DOURA 6 pts
- GROAN 6 pts
- GUANO 6 pts
- ORANG 6 pts
- ORGAN 6 pts
- RADON 6 pts
- RANDO 6 pts
- ROUND 6 pts
4-letter words
58 words- DAMN 7 pts
- DORM 7 pts
- DOUM 7 pts
- DRAM 7 pts
- DRUM 7 pts
- DUMA 7 pts
- GAUM 7 pts
- GORM 7 pts
- GRAM 7 pts
- GRUM 7 pts
- MARG 7 pts
- MAUD 7 pts
- MUNG 7 pts
- OGAM 7 pts
- ARUM 6 pts
- DANG 6 pts
- DONG 6 pts
- DRAG 6 pts
- DRUG 6 pts
- DUNG 6 pts
- GAUD 6 pts
- GOAD 6 pts
- GRAD 6 pts
- MANO 6 pts
- MAUN 6 pts
- MOAN 6 pts
- MORA 6 pts
- MORN 6 pts
- MUON 6 pts
- MURA 6 pts
- NOMA 6 pts
- NORM 6 pts
- ROAM 6 pts
- AGON 5 pts
- AGRO 5 pts
- DARN 5 pts
- DONA 5 pts
- DOUR 5 pts
- DURA 5 pts
- DURN 5 pts
- DURO 5 pts
- GAUN 5 pts
- GAUR 5 pts
- GNAR 5 pts
- GRAN 5 pts
- GUAN 5 pts
- GUAR 5 pts
- NARD 5 pts
- NURD 5 pts
- ORAD 5 pts
- RAND 5 pts
- RANG 5 pts
- ROAD 5 pts
- RUGA 5 pts
- RUNG 5 pts
- UDON 5 pts
- UNDO 5 pts
- ROAN 4 pts
3-letter words
65 words- DAM 6 pts
- DOM 6 pts
- DUM 6 pts
- GAM 6 pts
- GUM 6 pts
- MAD 6 pts
- MAG 6 pts
- MOD 6 pts
- MOG 6 pts
- MUD 6 pts
- MUG 6 pts
- AMU 5 pts
- ARM 5 pts
- DAG 5 pts
- DOG 5 pts
- DUG 5 pts
- GAD 5 pts
- GOD 5 pts
- MAN 5 pts
- MAR 5 pts
- MOA 5 pts
- MON 5 pts
- MOR 5 pts
- MUN 5 pts
- NAM 5 pts
- NOM 5 pts
- OMA 5 pts
- RAM 5 pts
- ROM 5 pts
- RUM 5 pts
- ADO 4 pts
- AGO 4 pts
- AND 4 pts
- DAN 4 pts
- DON 4 pts
- DOR 4 pts
- DUN 4 pts
- DUO 4 pts
- GAN 4 pts
- GAR 4 pts
- GNU 4 pts
- GOA 4 pts
- GOR 4 pts
- GUN 4 pts
- NAG 4 pts
- NOD 4 pts
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- NUG 4 pts
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- ORG 4 pts
- OUD 4 pts
- RAD 4 pts
- RAG 4 pts
- ROD 4 pts
- RUG 4 pts
- UDO 4 pts
- URD 4 pts
- ARO 3 pts
- NOR 3 pts
- OAR 3 pts
- ORA 3 pts
- OUR 3 pts
- RAN 3 pts
- RUN 3 pts
- URN 3 pts
2-letter words
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