Definition of Gourmandise

1. Verb. To eat food in a gluttonous manner; to gorge, or make a pig of oneself ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gourmandise

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gourmandise

gourd vine
gourde
gourder
gourders
gourdes
gourdful
gourdier
gourdiest
gourdiness
gourdlike
gourds
gourdworm
gourdworms
gourdy
gourmand
gourmandise (current term)
gourmandised
gourmandises
gourmandising
gourmandism
gourmandisms
gourmandize
gourmandized
gourmandizer
gourmandizers
gourmandizes
gourmandizing
gourmands
gourmet
gourmetlike

Literary usage of Gourmandise

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Handbook of Gastronomy by Brillat-Savarin (1884)
"I HAVE consulted the dictionaries under the word gourmandise, and I am not at ... There is a perpetual confusion between gourmandise, properly so called, ..."

2. The Boston Cooking School Magazine of Culinary Science and Domestic Economics by Mass Boston Cooking School (Boston, Boston Cooking School (Boston, Mass.) (1907)
"The Valley de la Haute gourmandise By Helen Campbell NEVER was valley more truly named, nor does it deny its other title, "La Vallee des Gourmands et ..."

3. The Physiology of Taste: Or, Transcendental Gastronomy by Brillat-Savarin (1854)
"THE EFFECTS OF gourmandise ON SOCIABILITY. gourmandise is one of the principle ... When gourmandise is shared with another, it has the greatest influence on ..."

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