gourmania

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noun

Enthusiasm for preparing and/or eating good food.

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Meanings

noungourmania (uncountable)
  1. uncountableEnthusiasm for preparing and/or eating good food.

    Sliced any way, however, gourmania means big business.

    1970, Business Week, numbers 2114-2121, page 284
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    Writer Judith Moore remembers "gourmania" sweeping her Oregon college town in the 1970s as adventurous gourmets strove to outdo each other with Greek or Provençal menus, complete with home-butchered rabbit.

    2009 October 6, Amy Pataki, “Foodies mourning Gourmet”, in Toronto Star

Origin

Blend of gourmet + mania.

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APA

gourmania. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gourmania

MLA

“gourmania.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gourmania. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gourmania,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gourmania.

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