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gormandize [verb gawr-muh n-dahyz; noun gawr-muh n-deez] ExamplesWord Origin verb (used with or without object), gor·mand·ized, gor·mand·iz·ing.
- to eat greedily or ravenously.
noun
Also especially British, gor·mand·ise. Origin of gormandize 1540–50; French gourmandise (noun), equivalent to Middle French gourmand gourmand + -ise noun suffix later taken as v. suffix -ize Related formsgor·mand·iz·er, noun Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Related Words for gormandizers swine, pig, hog, sensualist, gourmand, epicure, gorger, stuffer, cormorant Examples from the Web for gormandizers Historical Examples of gormandizers
I have already hinted to you what gormandizers some of the comrades of King Ulysses were.
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Most stragglers were real sufferers, but many of them were ingenious liars, energetic foragers, plunder hunters and gormandizers.
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“You well know what gormandizers they were,” replied Quicksilver; and, rogue that he was, he could not help laughing at the joke.
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The enchantress was far too cunning to let Ulysses see the mischief which her magic arts had since brought upon the gormandizers.
Nathaniel Hawthorne
“You well know what gormandizers they were,” replied Quicksilver; and rogue that he was, he could not help laughing at the joke.
Nathaniel Hawthorne
British Dictionary definitions for gormandizers gormandize gormandise verb (ˈɡɔːmənˌdaɪz)
- to eat (food) greedily and voraciously
noun (ˈɡɔːmənˌdiːz)
- a less common variant of gourmandise
Derived Formsgormandizer or gormandiser, noun Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for gormandizers gormandize v.
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