gourmandism en · NOUN
Etymology
From gourmand + -ism.
Meanings
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(uncountable) A passion for and deep interest in good food.
When gourmandism turns into gluttony, voracity, or perversion, it loses its name, its attributes, and all of its meaning, and becomes fit subject for the moralist who can preach upon it or the doctor who can cure it with his prescriptions.
1825, Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, The Physiology of Taste:
- (uncountable) Gluttony.
Synonyms
gourmanderie · gourmandery · gourmetism · gourmandry · epicurism
Translations (5)
fi gourmandismi (passion for good food) · uk гурма́нство (passion for good food) · fi herkuttelu (passion for good food) · lv gardēdība (passion for good food) · uk ґурма́нство (passion for good food)