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noun, plural bons vi·vants

[bon vee-vahnts; French bawn vee-vahn] .

a person who lives luxuriously and enjoys good food and drink.

Origin:
< French

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bon vivant (bɔ̃ vivɑ̃)

—n , pl bons vivants
	Also called (but not in French): bon viveur a person who enjoys luxuries, esp good food and drink

[literally: good living (man)]

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bon vivant

also bon-vivant, "one fond of good living," 1690s, from Fr. (see bon); the fem. is bonne vivante.

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"My self ... is a dramatic ensemble. Here a prophetic ancestor makes his appearance. Here a brutal hero shouts. Here an alcoholic bon vivant argues with a learned professor. Here a lyric muse, chronically love-struck, raises her eyes to heaven. Her papa steps forward, uttering pedantic protests. Here the indulgent uncle intercedes. Here the aunt babbles gossip. Here the maid giggles lasciviously. And I look upon it all with amazement, the sharpened pen in my left hand."

-Paul Klee

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