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Definition of Gormands
1. gormand [n] - See also: gormand
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gormands
Literary usage of Gormands
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Popular Science Monthly (1873)
"... and it was concluded that, unlike other gormands, this one waa not to be easily
got at through his stomach. Purpose of the Rattlesnake's Rattle. ..."
2. Works by Washington Irving (1895)
"... the flesh of which was pronounced by the gormands of the camp to have the
flavor of excellent mutton. Baffled in his attempts to traverse this mountain ..."
3. Miscellanies by William Makepeace Thackeray (1877)
"Painters, princes, gormands, officers on half-pay, — serious old ladies even
acknowledge the attraction of the place, — are more at case here than in any ..."
4. The American Journal of Education by Henry Barnard (1862)
"But this I think, that many are made gormands and gluttons by custom, that were
not so by nature ; and I see, in some countries, men as lusty and strong, ..."
5. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"Many are made gormands and gluttons by custom that were not so by nature. Locke,
Education, § 14. 2. A dainty feeder; an epicure; a gourmet. ..."
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