Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for October 18th.
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Today's word is bon vivant, spelled as two words as they would be in French.
B-O-N-V-I-V-A-N-T.
Bon vivant is a noun.
A bon vivant is a sociable person who has refined tastes, especially with respect to food and drink.
Here's the word used in a sentence from The Guardian.
The vineyard is named for the exiled French aristocrat Charles de Saint-Evremont,
a symbol of hedonistic Anglo-French cooperation.
The Bon Vivant introduced Champagne to England,
and party-loving Charles II made him governor of Duck Island in St. James's Park.
In French, bon vivant literally means good living or good liver, that is, one who lives well.
English speakers have used bon vivant