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voluptuary
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun voluptuary has 1 sense
- voluptuary(n = noun.person) sybarite - a person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses; Array is a kind of sensualist
Derived form adjective voluptuary1
Adjective voluptuary has 1 sense
- voluptuary(s = adj.all) epicurean, luxuriant, luxurious, sybaritic, voluptuous - 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" Derived form noun voluptuary1
CIDE DICTIONARY
voluptuary, n. [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. [1913 Webster]
"A good-humored, but hard-hearted, voluptuary."
[1913 Webster]
Syn. -- Sensualist; epicure.
voluptuary, a.
Voluptuous; luxurious. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
voluptuary, n. & adj.
--n. (pl. -ies) a person given up to luxury and sensual pleasure.
--adj. concerned with luxury and sensual pleasure.
--n. (pl. -ies) a person given up to luxury and sensual pleasure.
--adj. concerned with luxury and sensual pleasure.
Etymology
L volupt(u)arius (as VOLUPTUOUS)
ROGET THESAURUS
voluptuary
Libertine
N libertine, voluptuary, rake, debauchee, loose fish, rip, rakehell, fast man, intrigant, gallant, seducer, fornicator, lecher, satyr, goat, whoremonger, paillard, adulterer, gay deceiver, Lothario, Don Juan, Bluebeard, chartered libertine, adulteress, advoutress, courtesan, prostitute, strumpet, harlot, whore, punk, fille de joie, woman, woman of the town, streetwalker, Cyprian, miss, piece, frail sisterhood, demirep, wench, trollop, trull, baggage, hussy, drab, bitch, jade, skit, rig, quean, mopsy, slut, minx, harridan, unfortunate, unfortunate female, unfortunate woman, woman of easy virtue, wanton, fornicatress, Jezebel, Messalina, Delilah, Thais, Phryne, Aspasia, Lais, lorette, cocotte, petite dame, grisette, demimonde, chippy, sapphist, spiritual wife, white slave, concubine, mistress, doxy, chere amie, bona roba, pimp, procurer, pander, pandar, bawd, conciliatrix, procuress, mackerel, wittol.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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