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Meanings of sybarite in English

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sibarita

A person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses.

sibarita
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Examples for "voluptuary"
Examples for "voluptuary"
1
This inscription was composed by a voluptuary of the school of Petronius.
The Satyricon — Volume 06: Editor's Notes
2
Such a word was a mockery in the mouth of such a voluptuary.
Bought and Paid For; From the Play of George Broadhurst
3
Perhaps it is, to the heaven of the modern sybarite, the ethical voluptuary.
Light on the Path and Through the Gates of Gold
4
She appears in the strongest sense a voluptuary and sensualist, but without refinement.
Mary Wollstonecraft
5
The voluptuary, that is why he will not open the door.
Bohemians of the Latin Quarter
Usage of sybarite in English
1
Surely this selfish Taunton sybarite was the prosaic ideal of Hamlet's words:-
Sabbath in Puritan New England
2
Rarely has the ruthlessness of the pure sybarite been so amply illustrated.
The Irish Times
3
Perhaps it is, to the heaven of the modern sybarite, the ethical voluptuary.
Light on the Path and Through the Gates of Gold
4
Altogether the walk was not a pleasant one for the sybarite.
Red Money
5
With all her devotion she was something of a sybarite and liked repose.
The Women of the French Salons
6
He had a sybarite's eye for beauty, and an intense admiration for it.
Opening a Chestnut Burr
7
The luxurious sybarite could not help the stings of conscience, the odor he might.
What Can She Do?
8
Under Khaled's directions the group of sybarite youths took up their positions once more.
The Neutronium Alchemist
9
He was undoubtedly a sybarite, yet he evidently possessed rare energy and executive force.
The Iron Trail
10
To Marie it was more luxurious than a sybarite's jacuzzi.
The Reality Dysfunction
11
He was not a sybarite, but he preferred the society of Mrs. Lansing's guests.
Ranching for Sylvia
12
You know, my dear John, that I am a bit of a sybarite- agourmet
Rosmersholm
13
I can promise you a fair but by no means sybarite feast-goodmorning, Nicholas Vassilitsky.
The Book of All-Power
14
Here and there a curtain of gaudy chintz, half drawn, marked the resting-place of a sybarite.
The Nigger Of The "Narcissus": A Tale Of The Forecastle
15
Is not the imperfect sybarite to be met with even in Paris itself, that intellectual metropolis?
The Magic Skin
16
This place made the old tower that M. Tynar lived in look like a sybarite's palace.
The Hyperion Cantos
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