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sananselittäjä selittää seuraavasti:

gourmand = greedy
gourmet = epicure

greedy
adjective (greedier, greediest)
1 excessively desirous of food or wealth, esp. in large amounts; voracious
2 [postpositive; foll by for] eager (for)
example: a man greedy for success
[ETYMOLOGY: Old English grædig; related to Old Norse grathugr, Gothic gredags hungry, Old High German gratac]
'greedily adverb(ial)
'greediness noun

epicure
noun
1 a person who cultivates a discriminating palate for the enjoyment of good food and drink; gourmet
2 a person devoted to sensual pleasures
[ETYMOLOGY: 16th Century: from Medieval Latin epicurus, after Epicurus]
'epicur"ism noun

gargantuan
adjective [sometimes cap] huge; enormous
Some people think that gargantuan should only be used to describe things connected with food: a gargantuan meal; his gargantuan appetite

hedonism
noun
1 (Ethics) a the doctrine that moral value can be defined in terms of pleasure
See: utilitarianism
b the doctrine that the pursuit of pleasure is the highest good
2 the pursuit of pleasure as a matter of principle
3 indulgence in sensual pleasures
[ETYMOLOGY: 19th Century: from Greek hedone pleasure]
he'donic, "hedon'istic adjective
'hedonist noun

Tunnustaudutko hedonistiseksi epikurolaisten hyveiden ihannoijaksi? Ovatko kvaliteetti ja kvantiteetti mielestäsi toisensa poissulkevia ruuasta ja juomasta puhuttaessa? Mitä mieltä olet vanhasta teekkariviisaudesta, jonka mukaan "liika on aina liikaa, mutta kohtuus liian vähän"? Voivatko gourmet ja gourmand ruumiillistua yhdessä persoonassa?