Synonyms

gormandize

[v. gawr-muhn-dahyz; n. gawr-muhn-deez]

gor·mand·ize

[v. gawr-muhn-dahyz; n. gawr-muhn-deez] verb, gor·mand·ized, gor·mand·iz·ing, noun
verb (used without object), verb (used with object)
1.
to eat greedily or ravenously.
noun

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Gormandize is one of our favorite verbs.
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to steal or take dishonestly (money, esp. public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle.
to spend time idly; loaf.
Also, especially British, gor·mand·ise.


Origin:
1540–50; < French gourmandise (noun), equivalent to Middle French gourmand gourmand + -ise noun suffix later taken as v. suffix -ize

gor·mand·iz·er, noun
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gormandize or gormandise
 
vb
1.  to eat (food) greedily and voraciously
 
n
2.  a less common variant of gourmandise
 
gormandise or gormandise (ˈɡɔːmənˌdiːz)
 
vb
 
n
 
'gormandizer or gormandise
 
n
 
'gormandiser or gormandise
 
n

gourmandise or gormandize (ˌɡʊəmənˈdiːz)
 
n
a love of and taste for good food
 
gormandize or gormandize
 
n

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