gastrosophy

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/ɡæsˈtɹɒsəfɪ/

noun

The science or art of good eating.

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Meanings

noungastrosophy (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe science or art of good eating.

    Yet, with the insouciance of a sublime philosophy, your cooks and waiters have never turned away from their works of gastrosophy, to think of the neighbouring millions.

    1824 June, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 15, page 642

Origin

From gastro- + -sophy.

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Translations

French gastrosophie
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APA

gastrosophy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gastrosophy

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“gastrosophy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gastrosophy. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gastrosophy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gastrosophy.

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