- gormandise
- chiefly British variant of gormandize
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
gormandise
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gormandise — (Brit.) v. eat greedily; stuff oneself with food; gulp down food (also gormandize) … English contemporary dictionary
gormandise — [c]/ˈgɔməndaɪz / (say gawmuhnduyz) verb (gormandised, gormandising) –verb (i) 1. to be gluttonous. –verb (t) 2. to eat (food) like a glutton. –noun 3. Rare the habits of a glutton. Also, gormandize. {French gourmandise gluttony} –gormandiser,… …
gormandise — verb overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself She stuffed herself at the dinner The kids binged on ice cream • Syn: ↑gorge, ↑ingurgitate, ↑overindulge, ↑glut, ↑englut, ↑stuff, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
gormandised — gormandise (Brit.) v. eat greedily; stuff oneself with food; gulp down food (also gormandize) … English contemporary dictionary
gormandises — gormandise (Brit.) v. eat greedily; stuff oneself with food; gulp down food (also gormandize) … English contemporary dictionary
gormandising — gormandise (Brit.) v. eat greedily; stuff oneself with food; gulp down food (also gormandize) … English contemporary dictionary
gormandize — gormandizer, n. v. /gawr meuhn duyz /; n. /gawr meuhn deez /, v., gormandized, gormandizing, n. v.i., v.t. 1. to eat greedily or ravenously. n. 2. gourmandise1. Also, esp. Brit., gormandise. [1540 50; < F gourmandise (n.), equiv. to MF … Universalium
gourmandise — [ gurmɑ̃diz ] n. f. • v. 1400; de gourmand 1 ♦ Défaut du gourmand. ⇒ gloutonnerie, voracité. ♢ Caractère d une personne gourmande. Être d une gourmandise extrême. Manger avec gourmandise. Je n ai plus faim, j en reprends par gourmandise. 2 ♦… … Encyclopédie Universelle
gormandize — (Amer.) gor·mand·ize || gÉ”rmÉ™ndaɪz / gÉ”Ëm v. eat greedily; stuff oneself with food; gulp down food (also gormandise) … English contemporary dictionary
gormandized — gormandize (Amer.) gor·mand·ize || gÉ”rmÉ™ndaɪz / gÉ”Ëm v. eat greedily; stuff oneself with food; gulp down food (also gormandise) … English contemporary dictionary
