gourmet
pronunciation
How to pronounce gourmet in British English:
UK [ˈɡʊəmeɪ]
How to pronounce gourmet in American English:
US [ˈɡʊrmeɪ]
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- Noun:
- a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)
Word Origin
- gourmet (n.)
- "connoisseur in eating and drinking," 1820, from French gourmet, altered (by influence of Middle French gourmant "glutton") from Old French groume, originally "wine-taster, wine merchant's servant" (in 13c. "a lad generally"), a word of uncertain origin. As an adjective from 1900. Compare groom (n.1). For sense distinction, see gourmand.
Example
- 1. Friends in high places and gourmet local cooking can be a potent combination .
- 2. Or is all the gourmet 's extra attention and sensibility just supposed to be aesthetic , gustatory ?
- 3. This rebirth of steak as a popular gourmet product is one of the most remarkable episodes in recent restaurant history .
- 4. Inflamed by these synthetic nothings , reason was subjected to the belly , and the gourmet was one meal away from the glutton , digging his grave with his teeth .
- 5. After all , isn 't being extra aware and attentive and thoughtful about one 's food and its overall context part of what distinguishes a real gourmet ?