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gourmandism

gourmandism noun: a passion for and deep interest in good food.

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.

Synonyms of gourmandism

Origin of gourmandism

From gourmand + -ism.

Questions about gourmandism

What does gourmandism mean?
Gourmandism means a passion for and deep interest in good food.
What part of speech is gourmandism?
Gourmandism is a noun.

Words near gourmandism in the dictionary

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

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