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aficionado

[uh-fish-yuh-nah-doh, ah-fee-thyaw-nah-thaw, ah-fee-syaw-] / əˌfɪʃ jəˈnɑ doʊ, ɑˌfi θjɔˈnɑ ðɔ, ɑˌfi sjɔ- /


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Moreover, he’s a chess-playing, gourmet cooking, crime fiction aficionado and jazz lover equally comfortable on the mean streets of East Daygo and in the lush life of La Jolla Farms estates.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

It was that exact spirit of inquiry, within an article about the history of the doo-wop revival, that caught the attention of another doo-wop aficionado from South Jersey.

From Salon Jul. 29, 2026

Some retail investors, like this videogame aficionado, made a killing, but there are reasons to take a sobering look at AI.

From MarketWatch Jun. 16, 2026

"I'm not really a musical expert or aficionado," he says.

From BBC May 24, 2026

An aficionado is one who is passionate about the bull-fights.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

Tide aficionados are deeply loyal to the scent of the detergent, so that had to come through in the tiles.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

He went to bat for gummy aficionados during oral argument.

From Slate Jun. 18, 2026

Beyond hedging, Kalshi said that its new markets also provide retail speculators and casual art aficionados a way to get in on the auction action.

From Barron's May 26, 2026

Now they’re rising again, a battalion of restored and replica specimens, beloved by road-trippers, kitsch aficionados, artists, preservationists and savvy entrepreneurs.

From Los Angeles Times May 12, 2026

Those who were aficionados could always get rooms even when the hotel was full.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway




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