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Sybarite

 
Dictionary: Syb·a·rite
(sĭb'ə-rīt) pronunciation
n.
  1. often sybarite A person devoted to pleasure and luxury; a voluptuary.
  2. A native or inhabitant of Sybaris.

[Latin Sybarīta, native of Sybaris, from Greek Subarītēs, from Subaris, Sybaris (from the notorious luxury of its inhabitants).]

sybaritism syb'a·rit·ism (-rĭ-tĭz'əm) n.

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noun

    A person devoted to pleasure and luxury: epicure, epicurean, hedonist, sensualist, voluptuary. See pain/pleasure.

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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Sensualist, a person who loves luxury.

pronunciation And when the final blessing of a perfect French cook appeared to make our domestic picture complete, we became utter sybarites, frank worshippers of the splendors of the French cuisine. — Samuel Chamberlain, from Clémentine in the Kitchen.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses
  Synonym: voluptuary


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - sybarit

Français (French)
n. - sybarite (sout)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Sybarit, Lustmolch, Schwelger

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - συβαρίτης, ηδονοθήρας (κν. καλοπερασάκιας)
adj. - αβροδίαιτος, ηδονοθηρικός, συβαριτικός

Italiano (Italian)
sibarita

Português (Portuguese)
n. - sibarita (m)
adj. - sibarita

Русский (Russian)
сибарит

Español (Spanish)
n. - lascivo, lujurioso, sibarita, sibarítico

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - sybarit, vällusting
adj. - sybaritisk, vällustig

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
纵情逸乐之徒

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 縱情逸樂之徒

한국어 (Korean)
n. - Sybaris사람, 사치를 낙으로 사는 무리

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - シバリス市民, 遊蕩者, シュバリス市民

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮רודף תענוגות, אוהב חיי מותרות‬


 
 
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