— gormandizer , n.
v. /gawr"meuhn duyz'/ ; n. /gawr'meuhn deez"/ , v. , gormandized, gormandizing , n.
v.i. , v.t.
1. to eat greedily or ravenously.
n.
2. gourmandise 1 .
Also, esp. Brit., gormandise .
[ 1540-50; gourmandise (n.), equiv. to MF gourmand GOURMAND + -ise n. suffix later taken as v. suffix -IZE ]