foodie
Meanings
Plural: foodies
Noun
- a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)
- A person with a special interest in or knowledge of food, a gourmet.
Origin / Etymology
From food + -ie. Popularized by Ann Barr and Paul Levy in The Official Foodie Handbook (1984). Levy credits New York food critic Gael Greene with the coinage. The word was used by Greene in a 1980 article in New York magazine, see quotations.
Synonyms
bon vivant, chowhound, epicure, epicurean, foodist, foodista, gastronaut, gastronome, gourmand, gourmet
Scrabble Score: 10
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