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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1456, 1537-1572
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Gorman(d, -mond, n. [Late ME. gourman (1491), OF. gourmand.] One fond of eating; an excessive eater. — 1456 Hay II. 63/7. 1456 Ib. 155/33.
In etyng and drinking that he be nocht glutoun na gormand 1537 Lynd. Depl. Magd. 26.
Gredie gorman! quhy did thow nocht asswage Thy furious rage contrair that lustie Quene … ? 1572 Satirical Poems xxxi. 160.
Than Scotland will be bot ane pray … Till gredie gormondis waitand on
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