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Definition of Foodie
1. Noun. A person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink).
Generic synonyms: Sensualist
Derivative terms: Epicurean, Epicurean
Definition of Foodie
1. Noun. (slang) A person with a special interest in or knowledge of food, a gourmet. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Foodie
1. an enthusiast of foods and their preparation [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Foodie
Literary usage of Foodie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases Before the High Court and Circuit Courts of Justiciary in by Scotland High Court of Justiciary, Archibald Swinton (1838)
"on the 26th of January 1837, at Glasgow, or at some other time or place to the
Prosecutor unknown, the said William foodie and John Campbell did ..."
2. The East Neuk of Fife: Its History and Antiquities by Walter WOOD (1887)
"... and foodie was succeeded by his son Gilbert in 1456, who appears to have had
... and foodie died before 29th August 1565, but whether he was son of the ..."
3. The Universal Songster: Or, Museum of Mirth: Forming the Most Complete (1834)
"... foodie, &c. My treasury hangs here before me, No rival to pluck or to pull ;
When empty, I never deplore me, For then my exchequer is ..."
4. Rob Roy by Walter Scott, David Henry Montgomery (1894)
"With his foodie doo, etc. " These honest men did at Brentford dine, Having drank
each man his pint of wine, When this bold thief, with many curses, Did say, ..."
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