gastronome en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Borrowed from French gastronome.
Meanings
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a lover of good food; a connoisseur or gourmet
A gastronome ought to fast sometimes on principle: we appreciate no pleasures unless we are occasionally debarred from them. Restraint is the golden rule of enjoyment.
1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XI, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 231:
Forms
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| gastronomes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |