Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To eat greedily or gluttonously; gormandize.
- noun A glutton; a greedy feeder.
- noun A dainty feeder; an epicure; a gourmet.
- noun Synonyms Gourmet, etc. See
epicure . - Voracious; greedy; gluttonous.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Gluttonous; voracious.
- noun A greedy or ravenous eater; a
luxurious feeder ;a gourmand .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Obsolete spelling of
gourmand .
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Examples
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This is a spicy sandalwood scent with a gormand edge.
The Sexiest Perfumes Marina Geigert 2008
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This is a spicy sandalwood scent with a gormand edge.
Archive 2008-02-01 Marina Geigert 2008
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Then you have your atypical "bad": what musical gormand thought to put Duran Duran's THANK YOU elpee in the mix, as oppose to ANY OTHER DURAN DURAN ALBUM EVER CONCIEVED!
joegood Diary Entry joegood 2001
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The mind will wax fat and unwieldy, like the body of the gormand.
The Elements of Character Mary G. Chandler
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How, then, can it be otherwise than -- gormand that he is -- that he should fare ill with this gluttonous, mammoth digestive canal?
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Sittingbourne, itself a dull, respectable market-town with a boiled mutton and grilled kipper inn which offers no inducements to a gormand to stop for lunch.
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Not content with refuse, he pecks open meal sacks, filches whole potatoes, is a gormand for bacon, drills holes in packing cases, and is daunted by nothing short of tin.
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Not content with refuse, he pecks open meal sacks, filches whole potatoes, is a gormand for bacon, drills holes in packing cases, and is daunted by nothing short of tin.
The Land of Little Rain Mary Hunter Austin 1901
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When United States Senator Garland of Arkansas was asked by an eastern gormand how an opossum should be cooked, he answered:
Fagots from the campfire, Louis J Dupre 1881
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Mlle. Moiseney had two weaknesses; she was a gormand, and she admired handsome men.
Samuel Brohl and Company Victor Cherbuliez 1864
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