The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gormandize \Gor"mand*ize\, Gourmandize \Gour"mand*ize\, v. i. &
t. [imp. & p. p. Gormandized; p. pr. & vb. n.
Gormandizing.] [F. gourmandise gluttony. See Gormand.]
To eat greedily; to swallow voraciously; to feed ravenously
or like a glutton; to make a pig of oneself.
--Shak.
Syn: gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, glut, englut, stuff, engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize, gourmandize, binge, pig out, pok out, satiate, scarf out.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1540s, from gourmand + -ize.
Wiktionary
vb. (alternative spelling of gourmandise English)
WordNet
v. overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on icecream" [syn: gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, glut, englut, stuff, engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandise, gourmandize, binge, pig out, satiate, scarf out]
Usage examples of "gormandize".
Scarce had the day dawned, when the gormandizing was renewed by the whole band, and carried on with surprising vigor until ten o'clock, when all prepared to depart.
Jabez Cawdor said, turning away from his mother and to-tally ignoring his gormandizing father.
Your younger son distinguished himself in a public restaurant by exposing himself to a ten-year-old girl who had been gormandizing on greasy Fritter Fries.