gastronome
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French gastronome.
Noun
gastronome (plural gastronomes)
- a lover of good food; a connoisseur or gourmet
- 1831, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Romance and Reality, volume 3, page 231:
- A gastronome ought to fast sometimes on principle; we appreciate no pleasures unless we are occasionally debarred from them. Restraint is the golden rule of enjoyment.
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Related terms
Translations
gourmet — see gourmet
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French
Pronunciation
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Noun
gastronome m or f by sense (plural gastronomes)
Further reading
- “gastronome”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Noun
gastronome f
- plural of gastronoma
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