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gastronome |
gastronomer |
gastronomic |
gastronomical |
gastronomist |
gastronomy
| gastroomental vein
| gastrophrenic
| gastrophryne
| gastrophryne carolinensis
| gastrophryne olivacea
gastronomy
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun gastronomy has 2 senses
- gastronomy(n = noun.food) Array - a particular style of cookery (as of a region); "New England gastronomy" is a kind of cuisine, culinary art
- gastronomy(n = noun.act) Array - the art and practice of choosing and preparing and eating good food; Array is a kind of art, artistic creation, artistic production
Derived form adjective gastronomic1
Derived forms adjective gastronomic1, adjective gastronomical1
CIDE DICTIONARY
gastronomy, n. [Gr. : cf. F. gastronomie.].
The art or science of good eating; epicurism; the art of good cheer. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
gastronomy, n. the practice, study, or art of eating and drinking well.
Derivative
gastronomic adj. gastronomical adj. gastronomically adv.
Etymology
F gastronomie f. Gk gastronomia (as GASTRO-, -nomia f. nomos law)
ROGET THESAURUS
gastronomy
Gluttony
N gluttony, greed, avarice, greediness, voracity, epicurism, good living, high living, edacity, gulosity, crapulence, guttling, guzzling, pantophagy, good cheer, blow out, feast, gastronomy, batterie de cuisine, epicure, bon vivant, gourmand, glutton, cormorant, hog, belly god, Apicius, gastronome, gourmet, v, gormandize, gorge, overgorge, overeat oneself, engorge, eat one's fill, cram, stuff, guttle, guzzle, bolt, devour, gobble up, gulp, raven, eat out of house and home, have the stomach of an ostrich, play a good knife and fork, pamper, gluttonous, greedy, gormandizing, edacious, omnivorous, crapulent, swinish, avaricious, selfish, pampered, overfed, overgorged, jejunus raro stomachus vulgaria temnit.
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