Bon vivant: Meaning & Usage

Meaning: a person who enjoys luxuries
OR a person who enjoys life
(especially good food and drink)
Or
a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment

The word is borrowed from French.

It is also called "bon viveur", but not in French.

Usage: He is a born bon vivant.

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