Gourmandize, Gormandize v. i. & v. t. (past & past part. gormandized; pres. part. gormandizing) To eat greedily; to swallow voraciously; to feed ravenously or like a glutton; to make a pig of oneself.
... at the beginning is to be in the neighborhood of a good "novel orchard" and to nibble and eat, and even "gormandize," as your fancy leads you. Only—as you value your soul and your honor as a gentleman—bear in mind that what you read in every novel that pleases you is sacred truth. There are busy-bodies, pretenders to "culture," and sticklers for the multiplication table and Euclid's ... — The Delicious Vice • Young E. Allison