oenophile
/ˈiː.nəʊˌfaɪl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.14 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A person who has a fondness or appreciation for wine.
Example Sentences
- "The oenophile had a large wine cellar stocked with bottles from around the world."
- "With this kind of experience and depth in the wine cellar, the servers can offer exotic flights and other temptations for oenophiles that few Orange County restaurants can equal."
- "Wines can be described with words like cigar box and “pencil lead,” or flinty or with hints of sandalwood — oenophiles can veer into what many might deem pretentiousness pretty quick."
- "[T]he oenophile Buberl is excited to take me on a tour of his beloved vineyard."
Etymology
Etymology tree English oeno- Proto-Indo-European *bʰil- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-o-s Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos)bor. Latin -philalbor. English -phile English oenophile From oeno- + -phile.