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gourmand

/ɡuʁ.mɑ̃/

adjective/ɡuʁ.mɑ̃/

eating a lot; having a love for good food, demanding of food quality

From Middle French gourmant (“glutton”), originally an adjectival form, from Old French, where it had the sense of trencherman, but of uncertain ultimate origin.

noun, masculine/ɡuʁ.mɑ̃/plural: gourmands

a person who eats a lot, or who has refined tastes in food

From Middle French gourmant (“glutton”), originally an adjectival form, from Old French, where it had the sense of trencherman, but of uncertain ultimate origin.