Definition of Gourmandises

1. gourmandise [n] - See also: gourmandise

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gourmandises

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

Literary usage of Gourmandises

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

1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1896)
"... a true D'Artagnan, un gourmand de toutes les gourmandises, who has run through his inheritance of 600000 francs; and contrasts him with his friend ..."

2. Thought and Expression in the Sixteenth Century by Henry Osborn Taylor (1920)
"... larcins, haynes, meutres, et gourmandises,"— the list taken from Paul. With gathering power of demonstration, following the good Augustine, ..."

3. The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal (1878)
"Then he turns to the gourmandises which he is possessed of—of colours and of perfumes, of the sense of the splendour of the setting sun, the passion for ..."

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