gourmand

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: gour=mand

CIDE DICTIONARY

gourmand, n. [F.].

 A greedy or ravenous eater; a glutton. See Gormand.  [1913 Webster]
"That great gourmand, fat Apicius."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

gourmand, n. & adj.
--n.
1 a glutton.
2 disp. a gourmet.
--adj. gluttonous; fond of eating, esp. to excess.

Derivative

gourmandism n.

Etymology

ME f. OF, of unkn. orig.

ROGET THESAURUS

gourmand

Gluttony

N gluttony, greed, avarice, greediness, voracity, epicurism, good living, high living, edacity, gulosity, crapulence, guttling, guzzling, pantophagy, good cheer, blow out, feast, gastronomy, batterie de cuisine, epicure, bon vivant, gourmand, glutton, cormorant, hog, belly god, Apicius, gastronome, gourmet, v, gormandize, gorge, overgorge, overeat oneself, engorge, eat one's fill, cram, stuff, guttle, guzzle, bolt, devour, gobble up, gulp, raven, eat out of house and home, have the stomach of an ostrich, play a good knife and fork, pamper, gluttonous, greedy, gormandizing, edacious, omnivorous, crapulent, swinish, avaricious, selfish, pampered, overfed, overgorged, jejunus raro stomachus vulgaria temnit.

Sensualist

N sensualist, Sybarite, voluptuary, Sardanaphalus, man of pleasure, carpet knight, epicure, epicurean, gourmet, gourmand, pig, hog, votary of Epicurus, swine of Epicurus, sensualist, Heliogabalus, free liver, hard liver, libertine, hedonist, tragalist.