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gormandize (verb), gormandizes; gormandized; gormandizing
1. To eat food in a gluttonous way: When Mark was in a restaurant, he noticed that there was one guy, a few tables away, who was gormandizing his food as if he hadn't eaten for days.
2. Etymology: from French gourmandise, "gluttony"; from gourmand, "eating excessively" or "gobbling food".
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2. Etymology: from French gourmandise, "gluttony"; from gourmand, "eating excessively" or "gobbling food".
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To eat like a pig or to consume food excessively or voraciously. (1)
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