gourmandise
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/ˈɡʊɹməndaɪz/
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/ˈɡʊɹməndaɪz/ · /ˈɡoɹ-/ · /ˈɡɔɹ-/ · /ˈɡʊəməndaɪz/ · /ˈɡɔː-/ · /ɡʊɹmənˈdiz/ · /ɡʊəmənˈdiːz/
Definition of gourmandise
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
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To eat food in a gluttonous manner; to gorge; to make a pig of oneself.
“I have long dream'd of such a kind of man, / So surfeit-swell'd, so old and so profane; / But, being awaked, I do despise my dream. / Make less thy body hence, and more thy grace; / Leave gormandizing; know the grave doth gape / For thee thrice wider than for other men.”
“A benevolent old Surgeon sat once in our company, with a Patient fallen sick by gourmandising, whom he had just, too briefly in the Patient’s judgment, been examining.”
“Even as the envoys from Europe, Japan, Latin America and the United States gourmandised their way through the eight savoury courses served on silver plates and the two dessert courses brought in on plates of solid gold, their ears were bombarded by the multiple counterpoint and polyphony of sixteen bands in Mexico City's main square or Zócalo below.”
“[…] but there was no cream, no butter, no foie gras, no soufflés, no beef fillet steaks, no rich sauces or runny cheeses such as I had been gourmandising on for a whole week – not to mention the many bottles of champagne, wine and brandy.”
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verb
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To eat food in a gluttonous manner; to gorge; to make a pig of oneself.
“I have long dream'd of such a kind of man, / So surfeit-swell'd, so old and so profane; / But, being awaked, I do despise my dream. / Make less thy body hence, and more thy grace; / Leave gormandizing; know the grave doth gape / For thee thrice wider than for other men.”
“A benevolent old Surgeon sat once in our company, with a Patient fallen sick by gourmandising, whom he had just, too briefly in the Patient’s judgment, been examining.”
“Even as the envoys from Europe, Japan, Latin America and the United States gourmandised their way through the eight savoury courses served on silver plates and the two dessert courses brought in on plates of solid gold, their ears were bombarded by the multiple counterpoint and polyphony of sixteen bands in Mexico City's main square or Zócalo below.”
“[…] but there was no cream, no butter, no foie gras, no soufflés, no beef fillet steaks, no rich sauces or runny cheeses such as I had been gourmandising on for a whole week – not to mention the many bottles of champagne, wine and brandy.”
noun
- (uncountable)gluttony
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From gourmand + -ise.
Words you can make from gourmandise
200+ playable · top: GORMANDISE (14 pts)
Best play gormandise 14 points10-letter words
1 word9-letter words
24 words- AMIDOGENS 13 pts
- GOURMANDS 13 pts
- GUARDSMEN 13 pts
- IDEOGRAMS 13 pts
- MIDRANGES 13 pts
- EUDAIMONS 12 pts
- GERANIUMS 12 pts
- GOURAMIES 12 pts
- IGNORAMUS 12 pts
- MEANDROUS 12 pts
- MEASURING 12 pts
- MURAENIDS 12 pts
- NURSEMAID 12 pts
- ORIGANUMS 12 pts
- RANDOMISE 12 pts
- ROMANISED 12 pts
- SEMIROUND 12 pts
- DANGEROUS 11 pts
- GRANDIOSE 11 pts
- GUERIDONS 11 pts
- NOSEGUARD 11 pts
- ORGANDIES 11 pts
- ORGANISED 11 pts
- RIGAUDONS 11 pts
8-letter words
62 words- AGENDUMS 12 pts
- AMIDOGEN 12 pts
- DIGAMOUS 12 pts
- DRAGOMEN 12 pts
- DREAMING 12 pts
- GORMANDS 12 pts
- GOURMAND 12 pts
- IDEOGRAM 12 pts
- MARGINED 12 pts
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- MIDRANGE 12 pts
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- AMIDONES 11 pts
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- DURAMENS 11 pts
- EUDAIMON 11 pts
- GERANIUM 11 pts
- GOURAMIS 11 pts
- MADRONES 11 pts
- MAUNDERS 11 pts
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- ORGANISM 11 pts
- ORGANUMS 11 pts
- ORIGANUM 11 pts
- RADIOMEN 11 pts
- RANSOMED 11 pts
- RESUMING 11 pts
- ROAMINGS 11 pts
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- AGONISED 10 pts
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- ANEROIDS 9 pts
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- DENARIUS 9 pts
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- ORGANISE 9 pts
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- UNRAISED 9 pts
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7-letter words
112 words- AGENDUM 11 pts
- DEGAMIS 11 pts
- DEMOING 11 pts
- GORMAND 11 pts
- ADMIRES 10 pts
- AGONISM 10 pts
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- AMUSING 10 pts
- ARMINGS 10 pts
- DAEMONS 10 pts
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- DAMNERS 10 pts
- DOMAINE 10 pts
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- DOMINES 10 pts
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- DURAMEN 10 pts
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- ENGRAMS 10 pts
- ENIGMAS 10 pts
- GAMINES 10 pts
- GEOSMIN 10 pts
- GERMANS 10 pts
- GERMINA 10 pts
- GISARME 10 pts
- GOURAMI 10 pts
- GRUMOSE 10 pts
- IMAGERS 10 pts
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- ISOGRAM 10 pts
- MADRONE 10 pts
- MADUROS 10 pts
- MAIDENS 10 pts
- MANGERS 10 pts
- MANGIER 10 pts
- MANGOES 10 pts
- MANURED 10 pts
- MARENGO 10 pts
- MARGINS 10 pts
- MASONED 10 pts
- ADORING 9 pts
- AGROUND 9 pts
- AIRSOME 9 pts
- ANOMIES 9 pts
- AUDINGS 9 pts
- AUGENDS 9 pts
- DANGERS 9 pts
- DARINGS 9 pts
- DERAIGN 9 pts
- DESUGAR 9 pts
- DINGERS 9 pts
- DINGOES 9 pts
- DOGEARS 9 pts
- DOUSING 9 pts
- DRAGONS 9 pts
- DROGUES 9 pts
- DUNGIER 9 pts
- ENAMORS 9 pts
- ENAMOUR 9 pts
- ENGIRDS 9 pts
- ERODING 9 pts
- GANDERS 9 pts
- GANOIDS 9 pts
- GARDENS 9 pts
- GAUDIER 9 pts
- GAUDIES 9 pts
- GERUNDS 9 pts
- GOURDES 9 pts
- GRADINE 9 pts
- GRADINS 9 pts
- GRAINED 9 pts
- GROANED 9 pts
- GROINED 9 pts
- GROUNDS 9 pts
- GROUSED 9 pts
- GUERDON 9 pts
- GUIDERS 9 pts
- GUIDONS 9 pts
- GUISARD 9 pts
- GURDIES 9 pts
- IGNORED 9 pts
- MANURES 9 pts
- MARINES 9 pts
- AERUGOS 8 pts
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- AGONISE 8 pts
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- AROUSED 8 pts
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- DANSEUR 8 pts
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- DOURINE 8 pts
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- EARINGS 8 pts
- ENDUROS 8 pts
- ERASING 8 pts
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- GIAOURS 8 pts
- GUINEAS 8 pts
- IGNEOUS 8 pts
- IGNORES 8 pts
- INDORSE 8 pts
- INROADS 8 pts
- INSURED 8 pts
- ARENOUS 7 pts
- ERASION 7 pts
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