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bon vivant

noun
🔊/ˌbɒ̃ viːˈvɒ̃/
🔊/ˌbɑːn viːˈvɑːnt/
(also bon viveur
🔊/ˌbɒ̃ viːˈvɜː(r)/
🔊/ˌbɑːn viːˈvɜːr/
)
(from French)
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  1. a person who enjoys going out with friends and eating good food, drinking good wine, etc.喜欢吃喝玩乐的人 The plural forms can be bon vivants or bons vivants; bon viveurs or bons viveurs but the pronunciation is the same as the singular.
    Word Originlate 17th cent.: from French, literally ‘person living well’, from bon ‘good’ and vivre ‘to live’.