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oenophile
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Word definitions for oenophile in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A person who has a fondness for wine. A person who has learned to appreciate wine.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1930 (as an adjective 1900), probably from French oenophile , from Greek oinos "wine" (see wine (n.)) + -phile .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a connoisseur of fine wines; a grape nut [syn: oenophilist , wine lover ]
Usage examples of oenophile.
Leslie saw who did it, Mr Garlworth, a forty-five-year-old oenophile who was determined to establish his own vineyard.
He had been drinking heavily: Jack Daniel’s and Coke, an absurd drink for an oenophile like Rhinehart.
An oenophile, Sulu had requested the special modification to her quarters a decade ago, when she had been promoted to be the ship’s executive officer.
The late old gentleman must have been quite an oenophile, for the collection was extensive and looked excellent.
Instead, and at Simon Rand’s suggestion, the first homesteaders planted vines of grencham berries, an Elan-native plant that was already earning a reputation among Commonwealth oenophiles, though it had only ever been cultivated on the northern continents.