GASTRONOME

PRONUNCIATION: (GAS-truh-nohm)

MEANING: noun: A connoisseur of good food.

ETYMOLOGY: From French gastronome, back-formation from gastronomie, from Greek gastronomia, from gastro- (stomach) + nomos (law). from Earliest documented use: 1823.
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OASTRONOME - oven expert

GASTRODOME - where the World Championship Chefs' Cook-off is held

GASTRONOPE - I've had bariatric surgery

GHASTRONOME - connoisseur of horror movies