word | oenophile |
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definition | A person with an appreciation and usually knowledge of fine wine. |
eg_sentence | As an amateur oenophile, he was constantly talking to his friends in the vocabulary of wine tasting. |
explanation | The root oeno- comes from the Greek word meaning “wine.” The oenophile should be distinguished from the oenologist, or “student of wine,” who has a technical knowledge of the cultivation of wine grapes and of the whole winemaking process. Oenophiles may not know how to make a great wine, but they know one when they taste it. Not only that, but they can describe it using nouns like nose, finish, and bouquet, as well as adjectives such as woody, full-bodied, robust, and noble |
IPA | ˈinəˌfaɪl |
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