OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 21504

gourmand

/ˈɡʊə.mənd/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
comilón • glotón • goloso • tragaldabas • tragón
A person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink; a greedy or ravenous eater.
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 wa…
gastrónomo • goloso • gourmet • sibarita
A person who appreciates good food.
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…
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