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Gormandise

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gor⋅mand⋅ize

  [v. gawr-muhn-dahyz; n. gawr-muhn-deez] verb, -ized, -iz⋅ing, noun
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–verb (used without object), verb (used with object)
1. to eat greedily or ravenously.
–noun
2. gourmandise 1 .
Also, especially British, gor⋅mand⋅ise.

Origin:
1540–50; < F gourmandise (n.), equiv. to MF gourmand gourmand + -ise n. suffix later taken as v. suffix -ize

Related forms:
gor⋅mand⋅iz⋅er, noun
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