Sybarite Definition

sĭbə-rīt
sybarites
noun
sybarites
Anyone very fond of self-indulgence and luxury; voluptuary.
Webster's New World
A person born or living in ancient Sybaris.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Sybarite

Noun

Singular:
Sybarite
Plural:
sybarites

Origin of Sybarite

  • From Latin Sybarita, from Ancient Greek Συβαρίτης (SubaritÄ“s, “inhabitant of Subaris"), from Σύβαρις (Subaris, “Sybaris (an ancient Greek city in southeastern Italy noted for the luxurious, pleasure-seeking habits of many of its inhabitants)")

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin Sybarīta native of Sybaris from Greek Subarītēs from Subaris Sybaris (from the notorious luxury of its inhabitants)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Sybarite Sentence Examples

  • It owed its origin to an attempt made in 452 B.C. by Sybarite exiles and their descendants to repeople their old home.

  • By nature a sybarite, he took care to have the best cook in the capital, and women had for him an irresistible attraction, though he was never married.

  • The pretensions of the Sybarite colonists led to dissensions and ultimately to their expulsion; peace was made with Crotona, and also, after a period of war, with Tarentum, and Thurii rose rapidly in power and drew settlers from all parts of Greece, especially from Peloponnesus, so that the tie to Athens was not always acknowledged.

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