Gourmandize

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  gourmandize \gour"mand*ize\ v.
     Same as {gormandize}.
     [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Gormandize \Gor"mand*ize\, Gourmandize \Gour"mand*ize\, v. i. &
     t. [imp. & p. p. {Gormandized}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Gormandizing}.] [F. gourmandise gluttony. See {Gormand}.]
     To eat greedily; to swallow voraciously; to feed ravenously
     or like a glutton; to make a pig of oneself. --Shak.
  
     Syn: gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, glut, englut, stuff,
          engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize, gourmandize,
          binge, pig out, pok out, satiate, scarf out.
          [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  gourmandize
       v : overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She
           stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on
           icecream" [syn: {gorge}, {ingurgitate}, {overindulge}, {glut},
            {englut}, {stuff}, {engorge}, {overgorge}, {overeat}, {gormandize},
            {gormandise}, {binge}, {pig out}, {satiate}, {scarf out}]