HOW TO PRONOUNCE
gourmand
/ɡɔɹˈmɑnd/
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What does gourmand mean?
noun
- A person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink; a greedy or ravenous eater.
- A person who appreciates good food.
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IPA pronunciation
/ɡɔɹˈmɑnd/
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The dishes which they place before each guest are so numerous that even a gourmand must leave some untouched.
And yet he was not a gross gourmand; he would eat bread if he saw me eating it, and thought he was not being imposed on.
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Look at your knife-handle, there, my civilized and enlightened gourmand dining off that roast beef, what is that handle made of?—what but the bones of the brother of the very ox you are eating?
Sybarite, voluptuary, Sardanaphalus, man of pleasure, carpet knight; epicure, epicurean, gourmet, gourmand; pig, hog; votary of Epicurus, swine of Epicurus; sensualist; Heliogabalus; free liver, hard liver; libertine &c.
Though I have been well abused, yet I have had so much praise, that I have become a gourmand, both as to capacity and taste; and I really did not think that mortal man could have tickled my palate in the exquisite manner with which you have done the job.