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gormandism

gormandism is the alternative form of gourmandism.

Meaning of gourmandism

Noun

gourmandism (uncountable)

  1. A passion for and deep interest in good food.
    • When gourmandism turns into gluttony, voracity, or perversion, it loses its name, its attributes, and all of its meaning, and becomes fit subject for the moralist who can preach upon it or the doctor who can cure it with his prescriptions.1825, Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, The Physiology of Taste
  2. Gluttony.

Origin of gormandism

From gormand + -ism.

Questions about gormandism

What is gormandism the alternative form of?
Gormandism is the alternative form of gourmandism.

Words near gormandism in the dictionary

  1. gormandised
  2. gormandiser
  3. gormandisers
  4. gormandises
  5. gormandising
  6. gormandism
  7. gormandize
  8. gormandized
  9. gormandizer
  10. gormandizers
  11. gormandizes

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