VOLUPTUARY

epicurean, luxurious, luxuriant, sybaritic, voluptuary, voluptuous

(adjective) displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses; “an epicurean banquet”; “enjoyed a luxurious suite with a crystal chandelier and thick oriental rugs”; “Lucullus spent the remainder of his days in voluptuous magnificence”; “a chinchilla robe of sybaritic lavishness”

voluptuary, sybarite

(noun) a person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

voluptuary (plural voluptuaries)

One whose life is devoted to sensual appetites; a sensualist, a pleasure-seeker.

Synonyms

• See also sensualist

Adjective

voluptuary (not comparable)

Of or relating to the seeking of sensual pleasure.

Source: Wiktionary


Vo*lup"tu*a*ry, n.; pl. Voluptuaries. Etym: [L. voluptuarius or voluptarius, fr. voluptas pleasure.]

Definition: A voluptuous person; one who makes his physical enjoyment his chief care; one addicted to luxury, and the gratification of sensual appetites. A good-humored, but hard-hearted, voluptuary. Sir W. Scott.

Syn.

– Sensualist; epicure.

Vo*lup"tu*a*ry, a.

Definition: Voluptuous; luxurious.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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