GOURMET

epicure, gourmet, gastronome, bon vivant, epicurean, foodie

(noun) a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

gourmet (not comparable)

(of food and drink) Fine; of superior quality. [from 1820]

Usage notes

Gourmet has become somewhat debased by marketing usage, and is considered by some a pretentious middlebrow term. Such users tend to prefer terms such as artisanal (emphasizing the craft) for fine food.

Coordinate terms

• artisanal

Noun

gourmet (plural gourmets)

A connoisseur in eating and drinking; someone who takes their food seriously.

Usage notes

Gourmet emphasizes interest in quality of food and enjoyment of eating, sometimes to an obsessive degree: someone who “lives to eat rather than eating to live”. By contrast, a gourmand is someone more interested in quantity of food than quality.

Synonyms

• foodie

Source: Wiktionary

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Gour"met", n. Etym: [F.]

Definition: A connoisseur in eating and drinking; an epicure.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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