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gastrocritic

gastrocritic noun: synonym of food critic.

Noun

gastrocritic (plural gastrocritics)

  1. (rare) Synonym of food critic.
    • In 1989 the “Gault Millau’s” gastrocritic awarded me, for the first time, with one “Haube” and, in the following year, with a second one and this has been regularly conferred on me so far.1995, Heinz V. Hanner, translated by Susanne Fleischmann, “Heinz V. Hanner”, in Hildegard Riedler, Eduard Mitsche, Wizards at the Stove: Austria’s Élite Chefs Talk to Us, Vienna: Geza, →ISBN, pages...
    • In the 1970s, partly due to food journalism and gastrocritic Wolfram Siebeck’s (born 1928) weekly writings and recipes in various newspapers and magazines, men have discovered cooking as a hobby of high prestige.2008, Ursula Heinzelmann, “Cooking”, in Food Culture in Germany (Food Culture around the World), Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, →ISBN, page 96
    Synonyms:
    food critic

Synonyms of gastrocritic

Forms of gastrocritic

pluralgastrocritics

Origin of gastrocritic

From gastro- + critic, a calque of German Gastrokritiker and Russian гастрокритик (gastrokritik).

Questions about gastrocritic

What does gastrocritic mean?
Gastrocritic means synonym of food critic.
What part of speech is gastrocritic?
Gastrocritic is a noun.
What is the plural of gastrocritic?
The plural of gastrocritic is gastrocritics.

Words near gastrocritic in the dictionary

  1. gastrocolostomy
  2. gastrocotylid
  3. gastrocotylids
  4. gastrocotylinean
  5. gastrocotylineans
  6. gastrocritic
  7. gastrocritics
  8. gastrocs
  9. gastroctomy
  10. gastrocutaneous
  11. gastrocutaneous syndrome

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