Meaning of BON VIVANT
| Pronunciation: | | bon vee'vâng
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| | Definition: | | [n] a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink) |
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| | Synonyms: | | epicure, epicurean, gastronome, gourmet |
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| | See Also: | | sensualist | |
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| | Definition: | | \Bon" vi`vant"\; pl. {Bons vivants}. [F. bon good +
vivant, p. pr. of vivre to live.]
A good fellow; a jovial companion; a free liver.
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| | Related Terms: | | amateur, arbiter, arbiter elegantiarum, arbiter of taste, authority, board-and-roomer, boarder, boon companion, Brillat-Savarin, cannibal, carnivore, carpet knight, clubman, clubwoman, cognoscente, collector, connaisseur, connoisseur, connoisseur of food, consumer, critic, Cyrenaic, dilettante, diner, diner-out, eater, eater-out, epicure, epicurean, excellent companion, expert, feeder, flesh-eater, fruitarian, gastronome, glutton, good company, good fellow, good judge, good mixer, gourmand, gourmet, grain-eater, graminivore, granivore, hearty, hedonist, Heliogabalus, herbivore, high liver, hungry mouth, joiner, jolly fellow, judge, lactovegetarian, Lucullus, luncher, man-about-town, man-eater, maven, meat-eater, mixer, mouth, nightclub habitue, omnivore, omophagist, pantophagist, phytophage, picnicker, plant-eater, playboy, pleasant company, pleasure-seeker, pot companion, predacean, refined palate, Sardanapalus, sensualist, sensuist, social lion, swine, sybarite, trencherman, vegetarian, virtuoso, voluptuary |
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