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bon vivant
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for October 18, 2026 is: bon vivant \bahn-vee-VAHNT\ noun A bon vivant is a sociable person who has refined tastes especially with respect to food and drink. // She has become something of a bon vivant since moving to Paris, going out most nights and delighting in the city's many restaurants. [See the entry >](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bon%20vivant) Examples: “The vineyard is named for the exiled French aristocrat Charles de Saint-Évremond, 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.” — Phoebe Taplin, The…