'Voluptuary' definitions:
Definition of 'voluptuary'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to 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, luxuriant, sybaritic, voluptuary, voluptuous]
noun
A person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses [syn: voluptuary, sybarite]
Definition of 'Voluptuary'
From: GCIDE
- Voluptuary \Vo*lup"tu*a*ry\, a. Voluptuous; luxurious. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Voluptuary'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- A good-humored, but hard-hearted, voluptuary. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Sensualist; epicure. [1913 Webster]