gourmandise

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Multiculturalist gourmandise, the eagerness to take in as much as the belly can hold — and the more alien the fare the better, however insipid or scorching it may be — has pretty well put an end to that.

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  • Multiculturalist gourmandise, the eagerness to take in as much as the belly can hold — and the more alien the fare the better, however insipid or scorching it may be — has pretty well put an end to that. —  Claremont.org
  • This week was gourmandise, a word that has no equivalent in the English language. —  At Home with Kim Vallee
  • C'est en péchant par gourmandise que Nayla Audi a réussi le doublé sucré-salé, desserts et restauration. —  Feeds4all documents in category 'SEO'
  • All this gourmandise was in honour of Lent; for I am forbidden meat all the rest of the year, but it is strictly enjoined me during your solemn fast. —  Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 (of 6) With His Letters and Journals
  • Every drop every atom has been appreciated In consequence of this perfection, gourmandise is the exclusive apanage of man This gourmandise is even contagious, and we impart it without difficulty to the animals we have appropriated to our use, and which in a manner associate with us, such as elephants, dogs, cats, and parrots even Besides taste requiring to be estimated only by the value of the sensation it communicates to the common centre, the impression received by the animal cannot be compared to that imparted to man. —  The Physiology of Taste
 

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  1. Middle English gromandise, gluttony, from Old French gormandise, from gormant, glutton.
 

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