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aficionado

noun
/əˌfɪʃ.(j)əˈnɑː.dəʊ/UK/əˌfɪʃ.(j)əˈnɑ.doʊ/US

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish aficionado (“fan, amateur”), past participle of aficionar (“to inspire fondness in someone, to get someone interested in something”). Doublet of affectionate.

  1. borrowed from aficionado

Definitions

  1. An amateur bullfighter.

  2. A person who likes, knows about, and appreciates a particular interest or activity…

    A person who likes, knows about, and appreciates a particular interest or activity (originally bullfighting); a fan or devotee.

    • To the "closet" taxonomist and aficionado of nomenclatural exercises, such emphasis may seem an intrusion.
    • A journey along the Conwy Valley line is one to savour for aficionados of scenic railways.
    • The marketing of this relatively new money has so far been limited mostly to ads on trade websites and targeted pushes on social media, where aficionados swap meme-fueled in-jokes about coin values rocketing to the moon.

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Derived

nonaficionado

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for aficionado. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA