Adjective (or noun?) | Speaking in Tongues - Lonely Planet Forum

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Thu, 28 Jun 2007 23:04:41 +0000

Which is the adjective (or noun?) in English which describes people who appreciate literature, painting, ballet, classical music, caviar, and any other things considered to be refined?

I once knew it, but I forgot.

(Oh, and no... "Culture vultures" is not the word I'm looking for...)

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Thu, 28 Jun 2007 23:11:05 +0000

Cultured?

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Thu, 28 Jun 2007 23:32:09 +0000

High-brow?

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Fri, 29 Jun 2007 00:05:56 +0000

Connoisseur?

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Fri, 29 Jun 2007 00:22:08 +0000

Sophisticated is good, as is cultured also there's urbane or cosmopolitan.

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Fri, 29 Jun 2007 01:43:39 +0000

I think cultured or high-brow, connoisseur has an association with food, and urbane is not much used any more.

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Fri, 29 Jun 2007 02:33:05 +0000

I don't think connoisseur is food-oriented. I would say that someone is a connoisseur of opera or of ballet or of abstract art. Epicure is defined as "a connoisseur of fine food and drink."

How about "bon vivant"?

Nutrax
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Fri, 29 Jun 2007 02:52:36 +0000

........cognoscenti!

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Fri, 29 Jun 2007 04:51:42 +0000

Hm, Roger Federer was described as intelligent and urbane in yesterday's Guardian newspaper.

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Fri, 29 Jun 2007 05:58:58 +0000

Sophisticate is a word that has always worried me. It's true meaning is to pervert or corrupt, or to falsify. Does this mean that a sophisticated person is pretentious or superficial?

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