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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
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
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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