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gour⋅met
[goo
r-mey, goor-mey] 
–noun
| 1. | a connoisseur of fine food and drink; epicure. |
–adjective
| 2. | of or characteristic of a gourmet, esp. in involving or purporting to involve high-quality or exotic ingredients and skilled preparation: gourmet meals; gourmet cooking. |
| 3. | elaborately equipped for the preparation of fancy, specialized, or exotic meals: a gourmet kitchen. |
Origin:
1810–20; < F; OF gromet, grommes valet (esp. of a wine merchant)
1810–20; < F; OF gromet, grommes valet (esp. of a wine merchant)
Synonyms:
1. gastronome, bon vivant.
1. gastronome, bon vivant.
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| gour·met (gŏŏr-mā', gŏŏr'mā') n. A connoisseur of fine food and drink. [French, from Old French, alteration (influenced by gourmand, glutton) of groumet, servant, valet in charge of wines, from Middle English grom, boy, valet.] Usage Note: A gourmet is a person with discriminating taste in food and wine, as is a gourmand. Because gourmand can also mean "one who enjoys food in great quantities" or even "a gluttonous eater," care should be taken to make clear its intended sense. An epicure is much the same as a gourmet, but the word may sometimes carry overtones of excessive refinement. This use of epicure is a misrepresentation of Epicurean philosophy, which, while it professed that pleasure was the highest good, was hardly given to excessive concern with food and drink. |
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Gourmet
Gour`met"\ (g[=oo]r`m[asl]"), n. [F.] A connoisseur in eating and drinking; an epicure.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : gourmet
Spanish:
gourmet, gastrónomo,
German:
der Feinschmecker,
Japanese:
美食家
gourmet
1820, from Fr. gourmet, altered (by infl. of M.Fr. gourmant "glutton") from O.Fr. grommes (pl.) "wine-tasters, wine merchant's servants," of uncertain origin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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