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voluptuary |
3 definitions found 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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