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Definition of bon viveur in English: bon viveurnounPlural bon viveurs, Plural bons viveursbɒ̃ viːˈvəːˈbän vēˈvər another term for bon vivant Example sentencesExamples - He studied law and economics before graduating at 20 and starting a career as a film writer and self-styled bon viveur.
- In a very modest, middle-class, Midlands kind of way, he was a bon viveur - he enjoyed his whisky, fine wines and Sombrane cigarettes.
- And in an age when hairdressing salons are a bit like assembly lines it's refreshing to meet a real raconteur and bon viveur.
- He was a bon viveur who drank and smoked even though he had asthma as well as heart trouble.
- Herbert was a bon viveur who loved fast cars, foreign travel, fine wines, mountain air, and genial company.
- He remained a critic of censorship, a bon viveur, and a raffish wit.
- To these might be added his reputation as a bon viveur and raconteur par excellence.
- He was a man of leisure, a noted bon viveur, and suffered badly from gout.
- They actively seek thrills in dangerous sports and tend to be bons viveurs who live in the moment and, like Epimetheus, take little account of the future.
- The bon viveur should not expect a limitless good life.
Synonyms hedonist, pleasure seeker, pleasure lover, sensualist, sybarite, voluptuary epicure, epicurean, gourmet, gourmand, gastronome, connoisseur informal foodie
OriginMid 19th century: pseudo-French, from French bon 'good' and viveur 'a living person', on the pattern of bon vivant. Rhymesà deux, agent provocateur, astir, auteur, aver, bestir, blur, burr, Chandigarh, coiffeur, concur, confer, connoisseur, cordon-bleu, cri de cœur, cur, danseur, Darfur, defer, demur, de rigueur, deter, entrepreneur, er, err, farceur, faute de mieux, fir, flâneur, Fleur, force majeure, fur, hauteur, her, infer, inter, jongleur, Kerr, littérateur, longueur, masseur, Monseigneur, monsieur, Montesquieu, Montreux, murre, myrrh, occur, pas de deux, Pasteur, per, pisteur, poseur, pot-au-feu, prefer, prie-dieu, pudeur, purr, raconteur, rapporteur, refer, répétiteur, restaurateur, saboteur, sabreur, seigneur, Sher, shirr, sir, skirr, slur, souteneur, spur, stir, tant mieux, transfer, Ur, vieux jeu, voyageur, voyeur, were, whirr Definition of bon viveur in US English: bon viveurnounˈbän vēˈvər another term for bon vivant Example sentencesExamples - He studied law and economics before graduating at 20 and starting a career as a film writer and self-styled bon viveur.
- Herbert was a bon viveur who loved fast cars, foreign travel, fine wines, mountain air, and genial company.
- To these might be added his reputation as a bon viveur and raconteur par excellence.
- He was a bon viveur who drank and smoked even though he had asthma as well as heart trouble.
- In a very modest, middle-class, Midlands kind of way, he was a bon viveur - he enjoyed his whisky, fine wines and Sombrane cigarettes.
- They actively seek thrills in dangerous sports and tend to be bons viveurs who live in the moment and, like Epimetheus, take little account of the future.
- He was a man of leisure, a noted bon viveur, and suffered badly from gout.
- And in an age when hairdressing salons are a bit like assembly lines it's refreshing to meet a real raconteur and bon viveur.
- He remained a critic of censorship, a bon viveur, and a raffish wit.
- The bon viveur should not expect a limitless good life.
Synonyms hedonist, pleasure seeker, pleasure lover, sensualist, sybarite, voluptuary
OriginMid 19th century: pseudo-French, from French bon ‘good’ and viveur ‘a living person’, on the pattern of bon vivant. |