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A.Word.A.Day--gourmand Wish to share your love of words? Send a gift subscription of A.Word.A.Day. Pronunciation: WAV or RealAudio gourmand (goor-MAHND, GOOR-muhnd) noun 1. A lover of good food. 2. A gluttonous eater. [Middle English gourmant, glutton, from Old French gormant.] "Not only had Alice long since recovered, but he was discovering the downside of being identified as a gourmand: Food fanatics were collecting around him like crows." Pope Brock, Bio: Calvin Trillin Forsaking Ironic Distance, the writer faces himself while recalling a friend, People, 28 Jun 1993. This week's theme: words about people and food. X-Bonus O senseless man, who cannot possibly make a worm and yet will make Gods by the dozen! -Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592)

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