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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gourmand \Gour"mand\, n. [F.] A greedy or ravenous eater; a glutton. See Gormand.
That great gourmand, fat Apicius.
--B. Jonson.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 15c., "glutton," from Middle French gourmant "glutton," originally an adj., "gluttonous," of uncertain origin. Not connected with gourmet. Meaning "one fond of good eating" is from 1758.\n\nThe gourmand is one whose chief pleasure is eating; but a gourmet is a connoisseur of food and wines. In England the difference is this: a gourmand regards quantity more than quality, a gourmet quality more than quantity.
[Brewer, "Dictionary of Phrase and Fable," Philadelphia, 1898]
Wiktionary
n. 1 A person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink; a greedy or ravenous eater. 2 A person who appreciates good food.
WordNet
n. a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess [syn: glutton, trencherman]
Wikipedia
A gourmand is a person who takes great pleasure and interest in consuming good food and drink. A gourmand has also been defined as a person who is "a glutton for food and drink", a person who eats and drinks excessively.
A gourmand is a lover of good food and drink.
Gourmand may also refer to:
- Gourmand (fragrance), a genre of modern perfume
- Gourmand syndrome, a rare medical condition
- Café gourmand, a French culinary concept
A gourmand fragrance is a perfume which consists primarily of synthetic edible ( gourmand) notes such as honey, chocolate, vanilla or candy. These top and middle notes may be blended with non-edible basenotes such as patchouli or musk. They have been described as olfactory desserts. They are also called foodie fragrances. Gourmand scents can be worn by women or men.
Thierry Mugler's Angel, launched in 1992, is one example of a gourmand scent. Other examples for women include Aquolina's Pink Sugar, Lolita Lempicka's Lolita Lempicka, Hanae Mori's Butterfly, Chopard's Wish and Calvin Klein's Euphoria. Examples for men include Burberry's Brit for Men, Thierry Mugler's A*Men, Rochas's Rochas Man, Lolita Lempicka's Au Masculin and Viktor & Rolf's Antidote. The gourmand trend has steadily increased in popularity ever since 1992 but is not a new concept. In 1956, Edmond Roundnitska created Diorissimo to counter the contemporary preference for heavy, sweet notes, making it one of the first gourmand fragrances.
Most gourmand scents, such as those in the form of bath products, perfume or cologne, are not intended for human consumption. Other gourmand scents are not only scented but flavoured, such as Amoretti's line of products or Jessica Simpson's discontinued Dessert Treats. These scented products include other forms such as lip glosses, dusting powders and lotions.
Deo Perfume Candy is a sweet which, when eaten, perfumes the body from the inside out. According to bio scientist Professor Tim Jacobs, the sweets use the perfumed oil geritol as an active ingredient. This compound is excreted in the sweat a few hours after consumption. A daily packet's worth contains 100 calories.
Gourmand is considered a subcategory of the Modern family of fragrance. Gourmands may also work in combination with the Fruity family of fragrance.
Usage examples of "gourmand".
One day we happened to be eating woodcock, and I could not help praising the dish in the style of the true gourmand.
I was a great gourmand, the worthy Ambrose had felt it his duty to give me some ragouts, which were as bad as can well be imagined.
Gorgones voraces, gourmands de raies, harpyies, coureurs de vieilles, impurs, puant le bouc, destructeurs de poissons.
But, seeing that the thin veneer of modesty with which every woman of the world is furnished goes but a very little way below the surface, they began rather to enjoy this unedifying episode, and at bottom were hugely delighted-- feeling themselves in their element, furthering the schemes of lawless love with the gusto of a gourmand cook who prepares supper for another.
Since Watier had selected the dinner menu and the French chef Labourie had prepared the food, his guests would sup like royalty, enjoying various European delicacies the two gourmands had ordered from the Continent.
He had not been hungry, not with twenty kilos of dogmeat in his belly, but the odors of Schreiner food would titillate a gourmand of any species.
These five girls were like five dishes placed before a gourmand, who enjoys them one after the other.
Just to think of a party of these unnatural gourmands taking it into their heads to make a convivial meal of a poor devil, who would have no means of escape or defence: however, there was no help for it.
Passepartout, who had been purchasing several dozen mangoes-- a fruit as large as good-sized apples, of a dark-brown colour outside and a bright red within, and whose white pulp, melting in the mouth, affords gourmands a delicious sensation--was waiting for them on deck.
Fejee, I say, in the day of judgment, than for thee, civilized and enlightened gourmand, who nailest geese to the ground and feastest on their bloated livers in thy pate-de-foie-gras.
The baron, a fat man, was a gamester, a gourmand, and a lover of wine.
He was a kind of clown without the paint, fond of a joke, a regular gourmand, and a man of great experience.
The Japanese consider Fugu sashimi an exquisite delicacy that, properly prepared, will cause one's lips to tingle, one's senses to soar, and produces a pleasant near-death experience for the adventurous gourmand.
He was pale and even turning down food—a sure sign of extreme unwellness for the French gourmand.