Oenophile \EE-nuh-fahyl\ , noun;
1. A person who enjoys wines, usually as a connoisseur
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Oenophile is first attested in 1930 as a combination of
oeno- and
-phile.
Oeno- derives from Greek
oino-, which is the combination form of
oinos ("wine").
-Phile is also based in Greek, it is from
pilos ("loving, dear"). There is an earlier word,
oenophilist, which is based on the same two Greek words and dates to 1859, but
oenophile is not necessarily derived from it.
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