Gourmet Meaning
/ɡʊɹˈmeɪ/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjFine; of superior quality.
nounA connoisseur in eating and drinking; someone who takes their food seriously.
Sentence Examples
Tom's partner thought that they should also sell gourmet popcorn seasonings.
I plan wedding receptions in a historic mansion with gourmet cuisine.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The chef prepared a ____ meal for the visiting dinner guests.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The new restaurant specializes in ____ cuisine, using only the finest and freshest ingredients available.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"[On the coffee] Mmm! God damn, Jimmie! This is some serious gourmet shit!"
— 1994, Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary, Pulp Fiction, spoken by Jules (Samuel Jackson):
"The vulvae of the sow were popular as a gourmet's dish. Credited with erotic effects."
— 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 247:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The chef prepared a ____ meal for the visiting dinner guests.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The new restaurant specializes in ____ cuisine, using only the finest and freshest ingredients available.