Definition of Foodie

1. Noun. A person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink).

Exact synonyms: Bon Vivant, Epicure, Epicurean, Gastronome, Gourmet
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

foodaholics
foodbank
foodbanks
foodborne
foodchain
fooder
fooders
foodfish
foodfishes
foodflation
foodful
foodgasm
foodgasms
foodgrain
foodgrains
foodie (current term)
foodies
foodious
foodism
foodisms
foodist
foodists
foodless
foodlessness
foodlessnesses
foodlike
foodmonger
foodmongers
foodoir
foodoirs

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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