gourmand
/ɡɔɹˈmɑnd/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.16 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A person who appreciates good food.
Example Sentences
- "I knew him, at Caivs trencher, when for hyre, / He proſtituted his abuſed body / To that great gourmond, fat Apicivs;"
- "The colonel and his sponsor made a queer contrast: Greystone [the sponsor] long and stringy, with a face that seemed as if a cold wind was eternally playing on it. […] But there was not a more lascivious reprobate and gourmand in all London than this same Greystone."
- "The third key was the number of demands from different patrons or groups for their own specialized cuisines. Such patrons included the court, rich households, and scholar-gourmands. Buddhists and Muslims also elaborated their own cuisines (sucai 素菜 and qingzhen 清真)."
Etymology
From Middle English gourmaunt, gormond, gromonde, from Old French gormant (“a glutton”, noun), from gormant (“gluttonous”, adjective), of uncertain origin.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: gourmaunt, gormant
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɡɔɹˈmɑnd/
- British English: /ˈɡʊə.mənd/