gour|mand|ize

gour|mand|ize
gour|mand|ize «GUR muhn dyz», intransitive verb, transitive verb, -ized, -iz|ing.
1. to eat like a gourmand: »

The Vintners' annual swan banquet, when dignity demands that they gourmandize on their own birds... (Newsweek).

2. to indulge in good eating.
3. = gormandize. (Cf.gormandize)
gour´mand|iz´er, noun.

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  • gour´mand|iz´er — gour|mand|ize «GUR muhn dyz», intransitive verb, transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. 1. to eat like a gourmand: »The Vintners annual swan banquet, when dignity demands that they gourmandize on their own birds... (Newsweek). 2. to indulge in good… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Gormandize — Gor mand*ize, Gourmandize Gour mand*ize, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. {Gormandized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gormandizing}.] [F. gourmandise gluttony. See {Gormand}.] To eat greedily; to swallow voraciously; to feed ravenously or like a glutton; to make a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Gormandized — Gormandize Gor mand*ize, Gourmandize Gour mand*ize, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. {Gormandized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gormandizing}.] [F. gourmandise gluttony. See {Gormand}.] To eat greedily; to swallow voraciously; to feed ravenously or like a glutton;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Gormandizing — Gormandize Gor mand*ize, Gourmandize Gour mand*ize, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. {Gormandized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gormandizing}.] [F. gourmandise gluttony. See {Gormand}.] To eat greedily; to swallow voraciously; to feed ravenously or like a glutton;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Gourmandize — Gormandize Gor mand*ize, Gourmandize Gour mand*ize, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. {Gormandized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gormandizing}.] [F. gourmandise gluttony. See {Gormand}.] To eat greedily; to swallow voraciously; to feed ravenously or like a glutton;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • gourmandize — gour mand*ize v. Same as {gormandize}. [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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