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Definition of Gourmandize
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 Gourmandize
1. Verb. (alternative spelling of gourmandise) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gourmandize
1. [v -DIZED, -DIZING, -DIZES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gourmandize
Literary usage of Gourmandize
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Handbook of Dining, Or, Corpulency and Leanness Scientifically by Brillat-Savarin, Leonard Francis Simpson (1865)
"Social " gourmandize " combines the elegance of Athens with the luxury of ...
gourmandize is the very reverse of gluttony; it is the enemy of every excess. ..."
2. The Homes of Other Days: A History of Domestic Manners and Sentiments in by Thomas Wright (1871)
"They now take their places at table, and while they are eating, Je-Boy-a-Vous
calls the attention of the company to the circumstance that gourmandize, ..."
3. A History of Domestic Manners and Sentiments in England During the Middle Ages by Thomas Wright (1862)
"... enters with all her people, namely, gourmandize ... that gourmandize, in his
hafte to eat the ..."
4. A History of English Culture from the Earliest Known Period to Modern Times by Thomas Wright (1874)
"They now take their places at table, and while they are eating, Je-Boy-a-Vous
calls the attention of the company to the circumstance that gourmandize, ..."
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