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bon viveur /bɒ̃ viːˈvəː /noun (plural bon viveurs or bons viveurs pronounced same) Another term for bon vivant.In a very modest, middle-class, Midlands kind of way, he was a bon viveur - he enjoyed his whisky, fine wines and Sombrane cigarettes....- The bon viveur should not expect a limitless good life.
- 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.
Synonyms hedonist, pleasure seeker, pleasure lover, sensualist, sybarite, voluptuary; epicure, epicurean, gourmet, gourmand, gastronome, connoisseur informal foodie Origin Mid 19th century: pseudo-French, from French bon 'good' and viveur 'a living person', on the pattern of bon vivant. Rhymes à 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 |