aficionadi

English

Noun

aficionadi

1. (hypercorrect) plural of aficionado
   • 2011, Donald Richie, Viewed Sideways: Writings on Culture and Style in Contemporary Japan, Stone Bridge Press, →ISBN, page 149:

     They own the texts, they are enthusiasts, aficionadi.

   • 2017, Jonathan Gray, Cornel Sandvoss, C. Lee Harrington, Fandom, Second Edition: Identities and Communities in a Mediated World, NYU Press, →ISBN, page 63:

     These forms of fandom are straight-forwardly dedicated to replicating a college of aficionadi, who by their knowledge of elevating texts are somehow superior to the rest of us.