gourmet

/ɡʊɹˈmeɪ/

gourmet means fine; of superior quality. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 69 out of 100.

gourmet is pronounced /ɡʊɹˈmeɪ/.

Etymology

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.

adj

Fine; of superior quality.“We need to go to the gourmet grocery store to get the exotic ingredients for this recipe.”

noun

A connoisseur in eating and drinking; someone who takes their food seriously.“The vulvae of the sow were popular as a gourmet's dish. Credited with erotic effects.”