Definition of Bon vivant

1. Noun. A person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink).

Exact synonyms: Epicure, Epicurean, Foodie, Gastronome, Gourmet
Generic synonyms: Sensualist
Derivative terms: Epicurean, Epicurean

Definition of Bon vivant

1. p. pr. A good fellow; a jovial companion; a free liver.

Definition of Bon vivant

1. Noun. a person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink; a man about town ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bon Vivant

bombykols
bombylious
bombyx
bombyxes
bommie
bommies
bon
bon-accord
bon-bon
bon appetit
bon mot
bon mots
bon sao
bon silene
bon ton
bon vivant
bon voyage
bona
bona fida
bona fide
bona fides
bona peritura
bona roba
bona robas
bona vacantia
bonaccordite
bonaci
bonacis
bonacon

Literary usage of Bon vivant

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the by Washington Irving, Benjamin Louis Eulalie de Bonneville (1895)
"... Canadian bon vivant—A Cache—A Rapid Move— Wyeth and his Plans—His Travelling Companions —Buffalo Hunting—More Conviviality—An Interruption. ..."

2. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1805)
"... the exception of some indecent passages, deserves the general notice of the public, as well as the particular regard of the scholar, and the bon-vivant. ..."

3. Of Much Love and Some Knowledge of Books by Henry Eduard Legler, Caxton Club (1912)
"... called Omar "that Persian blackguard," and more recently Edgar Saltus has termed the "ruffian heterodoxy of this Persian bon vivant" commonplace, ..."

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