Definitions
a serious devotee of some particular music genre or musical performer
Word origin
Borrowed from Spanish aficionado (“fan, amateur”), past participle of aficionar (“to inspire fondness in someone, to get someone interested in something”). Doublet of affectionate.
Used in a sentence
“To the "closet" taxonomist and aficionado of nomenclatural exercises, such emphasis may seem an intrusion.”
“A journey along the Conwy Valley line is one to savour for aficionados of scenic railways.”
“The marketing of this relatively new money has so far been limited mostly to ads on trade websites and targeted pushes on social media, where aficionados swap meme-fueled in-jokes about coin values rocketing to the moon.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Devoted fan”10 letters
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