gourmet

gourmet
gourmand, gourmet
The older of these two historically unrelated loanwords from French is gourmand, which came into English in the 15c, first as an adjective meaning ‘greedy, fond of eating’ and later as a noun denoting such a person, which remains its primary meaning. In the 18c it developed the meaning that gourmet (early 19c) was to have, i.e. ‘a judge of good eating’. In current use, gourmand is confined to its original noun meaning and gourmet continues to be used in the one meaning it has always had. Gourmet, unlike gourmand, is also used attributively (before a noun), as in gourmet food and gourmet meal.

Modern English usage. 2014.

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