When gourmandism turns into gluttony, voracity, or perversion, it loses its name, its attributes, and all of its meaning, and becomes fit subject for the moralist who can preach upon it or the doctor who can cure it with his prescriptions.
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gourmandism — noun see gourmand … New Collegiate Dictionary
gourmandism — n. love of eating; gluttony … English contemporary dictionary
gourmandism — noun the disposition and habits of a gourmand • Hypernyms: ↑disposition, ↑temperament … Useful english dictionary
gourmand — gourmandism, n. /goor mahnd , goor meuhnd/, n. 1. a person who is fond of good eating, often indiscriminatingly and to excess. 2. a gourmet; epicure. Also, gormand. [1400 50; late ME gourmaunt < OF gormant a glutton] * * * … Universalium
gourmand — noun Etymology: Middle English gourmaunt, from Middle French gourmant Date: 15th century 1. one who is excessively fond of eating and drinking 2. one who is heartily interested in good food and drink Synonyms: see epicure • gourmandism noun •… … New Collegiate Dictionary
gourmandise — noun Etymology: French, from Middle French, from gourmant Date: 15th century appreciation of or interest in good food and drink ; gourmandism … New Collegiate Dictionary
greed — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. greediness, desire, cupidity, avidity, avarice. See gluttony, parsimony. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. greediness, avidity, selfishness, eagerness, avarice, voracity, excess, rapacity, gluttony, piggishness … English dictionary for students
gourmand — [ gʊəmənd, gɔ: ] noun 1》 a person who enjoys eating, sometimes to excess. 2》 a gourmet. Derivatives gourmandism noun Origin ME: from OFr., of unknown origin … English new terms dictionary
gluttony — noun the gluttony you displayed last evening was reprehensible Syn: greed, greediness, overeating, gourmandism, gourmandizing, voracity, insatiability; informal piggishness … Thesaurus of popular words
dissipation — n 1. dispersion, diffusion, dissemination, scattering, emission; disintegration, dissolution, decay, fragmentation; disappearance, evaporation, evanescence, fading away. 2. squandering, wastefulness, misuse; prodigality, extravagance, lavishness … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
