gourmet

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  1. noun A connoisseur of fine food and drink.
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    A gourmet is a person with discriminating taste in food and wine, as is a gourmand. Because gourmand can also mean "one who enjoys food in great quantities” or even "a gluttonous eater,” care should be taken to make clear its intended sense. An epicure is much the same as a gourmet, but the word may sometimes carry overtones of excessive refinement. This use of epicure is a misrepresentation of Epicurean philosophy, which, while it professed that pleasure was the highest good, was hardly given to excessive concern with food and drink.

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  • We'll see channels for the gourmet and we'll see channels for the pet lover. —  Peter Hirshberg on TV and the web
  • The meals had all been five star gourmet, as well. —  Hamilton, Peter F. - [Void 01] - The Dreaming Void
  • There are wines for the gourmet, there are whiskies and brandies for the men, there are sweet cordials for the women, and there are milk and lemonade for children—but for good friendly drinking, there is nothing that can compare with the honest beer of England Tia picked up her own mug and touched it to Mary's. —  Analog October, 1966
  • Intel, on the other hand, is like a gourmet chef set up specifically to whip up his own menu. —  Big Tech
  • To help you stock your picnic basket, we've compiled this list of markets, sandwich shops, bakeries, and gourmet-food stores where you can find lunches that travel well.
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  1. French, from Old French, alteration (influenced by gourmand, glutton) of groumet, servant, valet in charge of wines, from Middle English grom, boy, valet.

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  1. from French gourmet, a wine-taster, a judge of wine, hence an epicure, formerly a wine-merchant's broker; in Old French a serving-man, shopman, groom: see gromet and groom.
 

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