Meanings
plural nonaficionados
- One who is not an aficionado.
The horror-stricken warnings of opera purists about the perils of singing roles too large for one’s voice may make nonaficionados only more eager to stir things up.
2007 May 6, Anne Midgette, “Home in the Range? Who Can Sing What”, in New York Times1 more example
Burns and Ward see their work as an attempt to reach beyond the factional discord of the “jazzerati” to introduce nonaficionados, and particularly younger Americans, to the story of one of the nation's most distinctive musical traditions.
2000, U.S. News & World Report, volume 129, page 178
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