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Definition of Gormandise
1. Verb. Overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself. "The kids binged on ice cream"
Generic synonyms: Eat
Derivative terms: Binge, Engorgement, Gorger, Gourmand, Gourmandizer, Overeating, Overindulgence
Definition of Gormandise
1. [v -DISED, -DISING, -DISES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gormandise
Literary usage of Gormandise
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"In the Peri- plus of Hanno, near the end, some creatures are described • which
the interpreters called Gorillas,' gormandise ; see Gourmand. Goree. ..."
2. Neuman and Baretti's Dictionary of the Spanish and English Languages by Henry Neuman, Giuseppe Baretti (1851)
"2. Office and employment of a sacristan or sexton. 3. (Joe.) Stomach. Llenar la
sacristía, To guzzle, to gormandise. SACRO, CRA, a. Holy, sacred. V Sagrado. ..."
3. Etymologicon Magnum, Or Universal Etymological Dictionary, on a New Plan by Walter Whiter (1800)
"(Fr.) To gormandise. ... —gormandise, is a compound of GM and MANGER; which latter
term belongs to the name for the Mouth—Mund in die German language, ..."
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