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sybarite

 : 
Adjective, Noun
 : 
syb=a=rite

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun sybarite has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

sybariten. [L. Sybarita, Gr. , fr. , a city in Italy, noted for the effeminacy and voluptuousness of its inhabitants; cf. F. Sybarite.].
     A person devoted to luxury and pleasure; a voluptuary.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

sybarite, n. & adj.
--n. a person who is self-indulgent or devoted to sensuous luxury.
--adj. fond of luxury or sensuousness.

Derivative
sybaritic adj. sybaritical adj. sybaritically adv. sybaritism n.
Etymology
orig. an inhabitant of Sybaris in S. Italy, noted for luxury, f. L sybarita f. Gk subarites

THESAURUS

sybarite

Cyrenaic, Heliogabalus, Sardanapalus, aesthete, bon vivant, carpet knight, epicure, epicurean, gastronome, gourmand, gourmet, hedonist, jet-setter, playboy, pleasure-seeker, sensualist, sensuist, swine, voluptuary

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sybarite

Sensualist

N sensualist, Sybarite, voluptuary, Sardanaphalus, man of pleasure, carpet knight, epicure, epicurean, gourmet, gourmand, pig, hog, votary of Epicurus, swine of Epicurus, sensualist, Heliogabalus, free liver, hard liver, libertine, hedonist, tragalist.

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