bon vi·vant
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Audio Help [bon vee-vahnt; Fr. bawn vee-vahn] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural bons vi·vants
Audio Help [bon vee-vahnts; Fr. bawn vee-vahn] Pronunciation Key.
Audio Help [bon vee-vahnts; Fr. bawn vee-vahn] Pronunciation Key. | a person who lives luxuriously and enjoys good food and drink. |
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Bon Vivant
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| bon vi·vant
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n. pl. bons vi·vants (bôɴ' vē-väɴ') A person with refined taste, especially one who enjoys superb food and drink. [French : bon, good + vivant, present participle of vivre, to live.] |
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| bon vivant | |
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| a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink) [syn: epicure] |
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Bon vivant
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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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