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Webster 1913 Edition


Gourmand

Gour′mand

,
Noun.
[F.]
A greedy or ravenous eater; a glutton. See
Gormand
.
That great
gourmand
, fat Apicius.
B. Jonson.

Webster 1828 Edition


Gourmand

GOURMAND.

[See Gormand.]

Definition 2024


gourmand

gourmand

English

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Noun

gourmand (plural gourmands)

  1. A person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink; a greedy or ravenous eater.
    • Ben Jonson (1572-1637)
      That great gourmand, fat Apicius
    • 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 29686887 , chapter I:
      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.
  2. A person who appreciates good food.

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French

Etymology

From Middle French gourmant (glutton), originally an adjectival form, from Old French, where it had the sense of trencherman, but of uncertain ultimate origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡuʁ.mɑ̃/
  • Homophone: gourmands
  • Hyphenation: gour‧mand

Adjective

gourmand m (feminine singular gourmande, masculine plural gourmands, feminine plural gourmandes)

  1. eating a lot
  2. (more recently) having a love for good food, demanding of food quality

Noun

gourmand m (plural gourmands, feminine gourmande)

  1. a person who eats a lot, or who has refined tastes in food

Usage notes

The French and English usages of this word are false friends. While the English word has evolved to emphasize the excesses of a gourmand, the French word has become more associated with refined tastes in food. See also gourmet, which has considerable overlap with this word.


Norman

Etymology

From Old French.

Adjective

gourmand m

  1. (Jersey) greedy

Portuguese

Noun

gourmand m f (plural gourmands)

  1. gourmand (person who appreciates good food)
  2. gourmand (person who eats too much)

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