Definition of Gourmandize

1. Verb. Overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself. "The kids binged on ice cream"


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

gourdier
gourdiest
gourdiness
gourdlike
gourds
gourdworm
gourdworms
gourdy
gourmand
gourmandise
gourmandised
gourmandises
gourmandising
gourmandism
gourmandisms
gourmandize (current term)
gourmandized
gourmandizer
gourmandizers
gourmandizes
gourmandizing
gourmands
gourmet
gourmetlike
gourmets
gournet
gournets
gousan
gousans
gousset

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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