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Voluptuary

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Noun

1. sybarite, voluptuary

a person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses

Adjective

2. epicurean, luxuriant, luxurious, sybaritic, voluptuary, voluptuous

displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses

Example Sentences:
'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'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Voluptuary

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noun plural -aries
1. 
a person devoted or addicted to luxury and sensual pleasures
adjective
2. 
of, relating to, characterized by, or furthering sensual gratification or luxury

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Voluptuary

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nounWord forms: plural voˈluptuˌaries
1. 
a person devoted to luxurious living and sensual pleasures; sensualist; sybarite
adjective
2. 
of or characterized by luxury and sensual pleasures

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Voluptuary

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n. pl. vo·lup·tu·ar·ies
A person whose life is given over to luxury and sensual pleasures; a sensualist: "an adventurous voluptuary, angling in all streams for variety of pleasures" (Thomas De Quincey).

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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