gourmetn.
/ˈɡʊəmeɪ/, /ˈɡɔːmeɪ/, U.S. /ˈˌɡʊrˈˌmeɪ/, /ˈˌɡɔrˈˌmeɪ/ a. A connoisseur in the delicacies of the table.
ΘΚΠ
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
1820 A. D. Macquin Tabella Cibaria 16 (note) The gormand unites theory with practice, and may be denominated Gastronomer. The gourmet is merely theoretical, cares little about practising, and deserves the higher appellation of Gastrologer.
1835 W. Irving Tour on Prairies xiv, in Crayon Misc. I. 105 All relished with an appetite unknown to the gourmets of the cities.
1841 W. M. Thackeray Mem. Gormandising in Misc. Ess. (1885) 399 The most finished gourmet of my acquaintance.
1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda I. ii. xi. 205 Lord Brackenshaw, was something of a gourmet.
b. attributive and quasi-adj.
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1904 Westm. Gaz. 21 Jan. 8/1 The public in the matter of jokes is gourmand rather than gourmet.
1908 Athenæum 11 Apr. 447/3 Few can hope to rival the gourmet-author [of The Gourmet's Guide to Europe] in the extent of their experiences.
1967 K. Giles Death in Diamonds vi. 111 It was a wonderful, gourmet meal.
1971 M. McCarthy Birds of Amer. 72 Gift shops selling ‘gourmet’ food.
Derivatives
ˈgourmetise n. [quasi-French after gourmandise] Apparently an isolated use.
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1851 Fraser's Mag. 44 605 From the discriminating gourmetise of the young nobleman, to the expansive gourmandise of the voracious grisette, all are more or less gastrological.
ˈgourmetism n. daintiness in eating.Apparently an isolated use.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > gastronomy > [noun]
lickerousnessc1380
lickerousheadc1450
lickerishness1580
friandise1603
epicurisma1620
gastrology1810
gastronomy1814
gastrophilism1814
gormandize1814
esuriency1819
gourmanderie1823
deipnosophism1824
gastrosophy1824
aristology1835
gourmandism1850
gourmetism1853
opsophagy1854
fine dining1940
1853 W. Jerdan Autobiogr. III. viii. 107 To enjoy his refined gourmetism on the cheapest fare.
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