Bon Vivant

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Definitions and meanings of "Bon Vivant"

What do we mean by bon vivant?

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

A person with a free spirit and happy disposition, who enjoys sensuous pleasures in life such as food and drink. Urban Dictionary

Bon vivants are people who live the good life and appreciate the finer things in life such as--good wine, the arts, parties, fine restaurants. Urban Dictionary

A person who thinks he's a connoisseur in fine wine and delicate foods, when, in fact, his knowledge of food extends to memorizing the entire McDonalds menu. Urban Dictionary

Loosely translated from French as "Chubby Good Liver". Also a member of a rebellious, havoc-wreaking electro-rock band (The Chubby Bin Vivants). A fan of The Chubby Bon Vivants is known as a chubby. Urban Dictionary

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The word "bon-vivant" in example sentences

Ms. Le Pen was dubbed a tomboy by her sisters, but as a student she emulated her father's bon-vivant style, frequenting chic Parisian nightclubs. ❋ Emma-Kate Symons (2011)

His headnotes are as bon-vivant engaging as his Tweets and blog. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He could be childish and was a bon-vivant but after Louis de Polastron died he changed quite a bit and matured somewhat. ❋ Elena Maria Vidal (2009)

The interviews at which these descriptions took place, often ended in a bottle of choicer wine than the Swan Inn afforded, with some other appendages of the table, which the Captain, who was a bon-vivant, had procured from Edinburgh. ❋ Unknown (2008)

He was lazy, peevish, and a bon-vivant; the appearance of a lady frightened him beyond measure; hence it was but seldom that he joined the paternal circle in Russell Square, where there was plenty of gaiety, and where the jokes of his good-natured old father frightened his amour-propre. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Mr. Hall was no bon-vivant: he was naturally an abstemious man, indifferent to luxury; but Boultby and Helstone both liked good cookery; the recherché supper consequently put them into excellent humour: they did justice to it, though in a gentlemanly way - not in the mode Mr. Donne would have done, had he been present. ❋ Unknown (2004)

He was somewhat of a bon-vivant, and a man who thoroughly understood dinner-parties; and with much good nature he took Frank under his special protection. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Ascetic and _bon-vivant_, mystic and materialist, learned and simple, noble and peasant, all have found something in it of which to lay hold. ❋ Clement A. Miles (N/A)

But why had Colonel Van Ashton, the bon-vivant and habitué of clubs, the adored of pretty young women and confidant of duennas, taken the one road which led to the wilderness when it is well known that all roads lead to Rome, especially when the ❋ Ritter Brown (N/A)

He was lazy, peevish, and a bon-vivant; the appearance of a lady frightened him beyond measure; hence it was but seldom that he joined the paternal circle in Russell Square, where there was plenty of gaiety, and where the jokes of his good natured old father frightened his amour-propre. ❋ Unknown (1917)

Sacchetti, tell many anecdotes of him in which he figures as a bon-vivant, jovial, good-natured, with a sense of humour and a pardonable eccentricity. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

British army, bon-vivant and man of the world, is in our midst for an indefinite stay, being at present the honoured house guest of Senator and Mrs. James Knox Floud, who returned from foreign parts on the 5: 16 flyer yesterday afternoon. ❋ Harry Leon Wilson (1903)

As the International Relish is now a matter of history, the demand for it having spread as far east as Chicago and those places, I may add that it was this capable woman again who devised the large placard for hoardings in which a middle-aged but glowing bon-vivant in evening dress rebukes the blackamoor who has served his dinner for not having at once placed Ruggles 'International ❋ Harry Leon Wilson (1903)

His chief prominence now is as the most inveterate gambler and bon-vivant in Richmond. ❋ Unknown (1899)

They were a party of bon-vivant friends of the host. ❋ Unknown (1899)

He has the air of a bon-vivant, and speaks English extremely well. ❋ William Le Queux (1895)

On grand occasions it is not unusual for the _bon-vivant_ of Cho-sen to sit up all night, with his friends, feasting to such an extent that he and his guests are ill for months afterwards. ❋ Arnold Henry Savage Landor (1894)

"Well, I am content rather to live than to contemplate life," said the bon-vivant. ❋ Robert Neilson Stephens (1886)

The bon-vivant laughed rather mechanically, but the other, he who makes verses so dainty that the world does not heed them, smiled softly and sympathetically to me and said: ❋ Robert Neilson Stephens (1886)

A gentleman, editor of a Glasgow paper, well known as a bon-vivant and epicure, and by no means a popular character, was returning one day from his office, and met near his own house a boy carrying a splendid salmon. ❋ Ramsay, Edward B (1874)

While the father was a [steely] [autocrat], [the son] was regarded as a sort of bon vivant. ❋ Mewse (2004)

Claire and Holden are true [Bon vivants]. They are fond of [the good life] and [finer things] in love. Claire and Holden keep running into each other at the same parties. They both have the same circle of friends who are also [bon vivants]. ❋ Babydoll75 (2019)

If you want tips on [fine dining], [don't ask] a self-acclaimed bon vivant. If you want tips on dipping sauces, on the other hand, then [by all means], ask away. ❋ Someone Named No One (2016)

Person 1: "Did you see that [Chubby] Bon Vivant last night?" Person 2: "Yeah, the one who played at The Chubby [Bon Vivants] show?" Person 1: "Yeah, that was [rebellious] and havoc-wreaking!" Person 2: "What about that other Chubby Bon Vivant?" Person 1: "Also rebellious and havoc-wreaking!" ❋ Bon Vivant (2007)

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