Talk:gastrolatry

RFV discussion: June 2019

The following discussion has been moved from Wiktionary:Requests for verification (permalink).

This discussion is no longer live and is left here as an archive. Please do not modify this conversation, but feel free to discuss its conclusions.

---

gastrolatry

Not sense 1 ("excessive devotion to eating"), but sense 2: "worship of food". I don't believe this word is used for actually bowing down before a loaf of bread etc. Equinox ◑ 14:07, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

cited Kiwima (talk) 22:01, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

I have the impression that in these quotations the term “worship” is not meant in a literal, religious sense, but as hyperbole for being very fond of the products of the more refined cuisine.  --Lambiam 22:15, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

That may be so, although it seems to have a somewhat different nuance than "excessive devotion to eating". The 1874 goes on to talk about a focus on improving or elaborating cooking techniques, and the 1988 goes on to talk about "Gastron", the god of the stomach. Kiwima (talk) 02:31, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

RFV-resolved, broadened definition one slightly and deleted definition two. Kiwima (talk) 20:47, 17 June 2019 (UTC)