Pronounced: qwee-ES-uht (alt: kwhy-ES-uhnt), adj
Notes: I knew a couple of the definitions, but not one
Yesterday’s word
The word gormandize means “to eat greedily, gluttonously, or ravenously”
First usage
Our word came into English in the mid-1500s
Background / Comments
Our word came from a modification of gourmand, which came from French as a synonym of glutton. By the mid-1700s, gourmand referred to someone who is heartily interested in good food and drink”. A related word with an entirely positive meaning – gourmet – came into English in the early 1800s. Like these words, our word has had the meaning softened over time, but not as much: these days it can imply that a big eater has a discriminating palate as well as a one with a generous appetite.
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