gormandize

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

Origin of gormandize

1
1540–50; <French gourmandise (noun), equivalent to Middle French gourmandgourmand + -ise noun suffix later taken as v. suffix -ize
  • Also especially British, gor·mand·ise .

Other words from gormandize

  • gor·mand·iz·er, noun

Words Nearby gormandize

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British Dictionary definitions for gormandize

gormandize

verb(ˈɡɔːmənˌdaɪz)
  1. to eat (food) greedily and voraciously

noun(ˈɡɔːmənˌdiːz)
  1. a less common variant of gourmandise

Derived forms of gormandize

  • gormandizer or gormandiser, noun

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