gourmandize
/ˌɡʊəm(ə)nˈdiːz
/ /ˌɡɔːm(ə)nˈdiːz/(also gormandize, gourmandise)
verb [no object]
Eat good food, especially to excess.But still, you're not here to hobnob and gourmandise, you're here for that intense spiritual experience....
- They were also, according to witnesses, gourmandizing on the food stuffs kept by the clergy.
noun [mass noun]
The appreciation or consumption of good food.Napoleon's love of gourmandise was nurtured young on his native island....
- I guess my gourmandise runs deep.
- His interest in gourmandise caused him to taste its flesh, which he found delicious and certainly better than most of our chickens.
Derivatives
gourmandizer
/ /ˈɡɔːməndʌɪzə / nounOrigin
Late Middle English (as a noun): from French gourmandise, from gourmand; the verb dates from the mid 16th century.