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gourmandising

gourmandising is the present participle and gerund of gourmandise.

Meaning of gourmandise

Verb

gourmandise (third-person singular simple present gourmandises, present participle gourmandising, simple past and past participle gourmandised)

  1. To eat food in a gluttonous manner; to gorge; to make a pig of oneself.
    • I have long dream'd of such a kind of man, / So surfeit-swell'd, so old and so profane; / But, being awaked, I do despise my dream. / Make less thy body hence, and more thy grace; / Leave gormandizing; know the grave doth gape / For thee thrice wider than for other men.c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […]...
    Synonyms:
    guttle

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Questions about gourmandising

What is gourmandising the present participle and gerund of?
Gourmandising is the present participle and gerund of gourmandise.

Words near gourmandising in the dictionary

  1. gourmanders
  2. gourmandery
  3. gourmandise
  4. gourmandised
  5. gourmandises
  6. gourmandising
  7. gourmandism
  8. gourmandize
  9. gourmandized
  10. gourmandizer
  11. gourmandizers

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