单词 | oenophilia |
释义 | oenophiliaenophilian. Love of wine; (in later use) spec. wine connoisseurship.In early use chiefly in contexts of excessive drinking. ΚΠ 1908 Alienist & Neurologist 29 516 All other of life's many obstacles are conquerable to the man who can overcome oinophilia. 1925 Med. Jrnl. & Rec. 121 301/1 Asclepiades attributes congestion and sclerosis of the liver to oenophilia. 1985 Register (Orange County, Calif.) 28 Mar. 8/5 This is one heck of a wine,..the sort of experience you must claim if your oenophilia is to be considered complete. 2011 Wired July 156/3 Coffee gourmandism has the potential to rival oenophilia's cultish obsessiveness. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1908 |
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