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gourmet

adj
/ɡʊɹˈmeɪ/US/ˈɡʊəmeɪ/UK

Etymology

Borrowed from French gourmet, from Middle French gourmet, from Old French groumet (“wine broker, valet in charge of wines, servant”) from groume, grommes (“wine-taster, manservant”), apparently from Middle English grom, grome (“boy, valet, servant”), from Old English *grōm (“male child, boy, youth”), akin to Old English grōwan (“to grow”). Cognate of Spanish grumete and Catalan grumet. More at groom.

  1. derived from *grōm✻ — “male child, boy, youth”
  2. derived from grom
  3. derived from groumet — “wine broker, valet in charge of wines, servant”
  4. derived from gourmet
  5. borrowed from gourmet

Definitions

  1. Fine

    Fine; of superior quality.

    • We need to go to the gourmet grocery store to get the exotic ingredients for this recipe.
    • The restaurant offered gourmet coffee and cigars after the meal.
    • [On the coffee] Mmm! God damn, Jimmie! This is some serious gourmet shit!

  2. A connoisseur in eating and drinking

    A connoisseur in eating and drinking; someone who takes their food seriously.

    • The vulvae of the sow were popular as a gourmet's dish. Credited with erotic effects.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA