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Aficionado
has a plethora of syllables.
So is antidisestablishmentarianism. Does it mean:
| given to using long words. |
| opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England. |
Example Sentences
- Renee was a symphony devotee, art aficionado and collector, and a caring and devoted housewife.
- It would make a fine humorous stocking-filler for the jokier design aficionado.
- Ervin was a cigar aficionado and had a vast collection of the world's finest cigars.
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aficionado
1845, from Sp., "amateur," spec. "devotee of bullfighting," lit. "fond of," from aficion "affection," from L. affectionem (see affection).
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