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Sybarite
[ sib-uh-rahyt ]
noun
- (usually lowercase) a person devoted to luxury and pleasure.
Synonyms: sensualist
- an inhabitant of Sybaris.
sybarite
/ ˌsɪbəˈrɪtɪk; ˈsɪbəˌraɪt /
noun
- sometimes capital a devotee of luxury and the sensual vices
adjective
- luxurious; sensuous
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Derived Forms
- ˈsybaritism, noun
- sybaritic, adjective
- ˌsybaˈritically, adverb
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Other Words From
- syb·a·rit·ism [sib, -, uh, -rahy-tiz-, uh, m], noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Sybarite1
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Example Sentences
He was not used to travelling on omnibuses, being something of a sybarite who spared nothing to ensure his own comfort.
Secondly, you are a Sybarite, and you do not without very serious reasons place yourself outside the pale of civilisation.
She was fed on the daintiest of fare, for Aggie was a sybarite in all sensuous pleasures that were apart from sex.
We are told that one Sybarite, for instance, once ordered his slaves to prepare a couch for him of fresh rose leaves.
"Hear reason, you immoderate Sybarite," began Rhodopis, endeavoring with a smile to excuse her proceeding.
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