Gourmander

/ɡʊərˈmɑːndər/ verb

Definition

To eat or feast greedily or gluttonously; to indulge excessively in eating.

Etymology

From French 'gourmander', the verb form of 'gourmand'. English adopted this verb to describe the act of eating or feasting in a manner characteristic of a gourmand.

Kelly Says

Medieval French created this verb to capture the very specific behavior of greedy eating, and English borrowed it wholesale—showing how some concepts are so vivid that they demand their own verb form.

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