Meaning of GASTRONOME
| Pronunciation: | | 'gastru`nowm
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| | Definition: | | [n] a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink) |
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| | Synonyms: | | bon vivant, epicure, epicurean, gourmet |
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| | See Also: | | sensualist | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Gas"tro*nome\, Gastronomer \Gas*tron"o*mer\, n. [F.
gastronome, fr. Gr. ?, ?, stomach + ? law, ? to distribute.]
One fond of good living; an epicure. --Sir W. Scott.
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| | Related Terms: | | aesthete, board-and-roomer, boarder, bon vivant, Brillat-Savarin, cannibal, carnivore, connoisseur, connoisseur of food, consumer, dilettante, diner, diner-out, eater, eater-out, epicure, feeder, flesh-eater, fruitarian, gastronomer, gastronomist, glutton, gourmand, gourmet, grain-eater, graminivore, granivore, herbivore, high liver, hungry mouth, lactovegetarian, Lucullus, luncher, man-eater, meat-eater, mouth, omnivore, omophagist, pantophagist, phytophage, picnicker, plant-eater, predacean, trencherman, vegetarian |
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