foodien.
/ˈfuːdi/, U.S. /ˈfudi/ colloquial.
A person with a particular interest in food; a gourmet.Sometimes distinguished from ‘gourmet’ as implying a broad interest in all aspects of food procurement and preparation.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > gastronomy > [noun] > gastronome or epicure
viandera1556
sweet-lips1580
deipnosophist1581
feaster1585
epicure1586
friand1598
palatist1620
goinfre1643
palate-mana1661
palate-peoplea1661
bon-vivant1695
belly-critica1711
gourmand1758
turtle-eatera1774
connoisseur1796
gullet-fancier1805
gastrophilist1814
gastrologer1820
gastronomer1820
gastrophile1820
gourmet1820
palatician1821
gastrologist1822
gastronome1823
gastronomist1825
degustator1833
aristologist1835
opsophagist1854
gastrosoph1855
bon viveur1865
gastrosopher1894
foodist1906
foodie1980
1980 G. Greene in N.Y. Mag. 2 June 33/3 She..slips into the small Art Deco dining room of Restaurant d'Olympe..to graze cheeks with her devotees, serious foodies.
1982 Harpers & Queen Aug. 66/4 Foodies are foodist. They dislike and despise all non-foodies.
1986 Good Housek. (U.K. ed.) Sept. 11/1 Although I am by no means a fully paid-up foodie, I do pride myself on being something of a connoisseur of menus.
2000 M. Hughes World Food: Ireland 183 Never noted for its culinary dash, County Laois is generally overlooked by foodies.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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