gourmet

Meanings

Plural: gourmets

Noun

a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)
A connoisseur in eating and drinking; someone who takes their food seriously.

Adj

Fine; of superior quality.

Origin / 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 *grōma (“male child, boy, youth”), akin to Old English grōwan (“to grow”). Cognate of Spanish grumete and Catalan grumet. More at groom.

Synonyms

bon vivant, epicure, epicurean, foodie, gastronome, gourmand

Scrabble Score: 10

gourmet is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
gourmet is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
gourmet is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

gourmet is a valid Words With Friends word