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voluptuary
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Voluptuary
(gcide) | Voluptuary \Vo*lup"tu*a*ry\ (?; 135), n.; pl. Voluptuaries.
[L. voluptuarius or voluptarius, fr. voluptas pleasure.]
A voluptuous person; one who makes his physical enjoyment his
chief care; one addicted to luxury, and the gratification of
sensual appetites.
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A good-humored, but hard-hearted, voluptuary. --Sir W.
Scott.
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Syn: Sensualist; epicure.
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Voluptuary
(gcide) | Voluptuary \Vo*lup"tu*a*ry\, a.
Voluptuous; luxurious.
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voluptuary
(wn) | voluptuary
adj 1: 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" [syn: epicurean, luxurious, luxuriant,
sybaritic, voluptuary, voluptuous]
n 1: a person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses
[syn: voluptuary, sybarite] |
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Voluptuary
(gcide) | Voluptuary \Vo*lup"tu*a*ry\ (?; 135), n.; pl. Voluptuaries.
[L. voluptuarius or voluptarius, fr. voluptas pleasure.]
A voluptuous person; one who makes his physical enjoyment his
chief care; one addicted to luxury, and the gratification of
sensual appetites.
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A good-humored, but hard-hearted, voluptuary. --Sir W.
Scott.
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Syn: Sensualist; epicure.
[1913 Webster]Voluptuary \Vo*lup"tu*a*ry\, a.
Voluptuous; luxurious.
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