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noun
1.
a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit and enjoyment of luxury and sensual pleasure.
adjective
2.
of, pertaining to, or characterized by preoccupation with luxury and sensual pleasure: voluptuary tastes.
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Voluptuary
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| the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language). |
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Origin:
1595–1605; < Late Latin voluptuārius, Latin voluptārius pertaining to (sensual) pleasure, equivalent to volupt(ās) pleasure + -ārius -ary; for -u- see voluptuous
1595–1605; < Late Latin voluptuārius, Latin voluptārius pertaining to (sensual) pleasure, equivalent to volupt(ās) pleasure + -ārius -ary; for -u- see voluptuous
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