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Gourmandize, Gormandize v. i. & v. t. (past & past part. gormandized; pres. part. gormandizing) To eat greedily; to swallow voraciously; to feed ravenously or like a glutton; to make a pig of oneself.

Synonyms: gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, glut, englut, stuff, engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize, gourmandize, binge, pig out, pok out, satiate, scarf out.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Gormandize" Quotes from Famous Books

... jingled, and the palates tingled; The diners of celebrity dined well; The ladies with more moderation mingled In the feast, pecking less than I can tell; Also the younger men too: for a springald Can't, like ripe age, in gormandize excel, But thinks less of good eating than the whisper (When seated next him) ...

— Don Juan • Lord Byron

... clusters of pine or cedar trees, when there is a flock of pine grosbeaks in the neighborhood, you may expect to find a pair of birds diligently feeding upon the seeds and berries. No cheerful note escapes them as they persistently gormandize, and, if the truth must be confessed, they appear to be rather stupid and uninteresting, albeit they visit us at a time when we are most inclined to rapture over our bird visitors. They are said to have a deliciously sweet song in the nesting season. When, however, ...

— Bird Neighbors • Neltje Blanchan