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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
A good-humored, but hard-hearted, voluptuary. --Sir W.
Scott.
Syn: Sensualist; epicure.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Voluptuary \Vo*lup"tu*a*ry\, a.
Voluptuous; luxurious.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
voluptuary
adj : furnishing gratification of 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}, {sybaritic}, {voluptuous}]
n : a person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses
[syn: {sybarite}]
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