Voluptuary definition

və-lŭpcho͝o-ĕrē
voluptuaries
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A person whose life is given over to luxury and sensual pleasures; a sensualist.
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A person devoted to luxurious living and sensual pleasures; sensualist; sybarite.
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Of or characterized by luxury and sensual pleasures.
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One whose life is devoted to sensual appetites; a sensualist, a pleasure-seeker.
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Singular:
voluptuary
Plural:
voluptuaries

Origin of voluptuary

  • French voluptuaire from Old French from Late Latin voluptuārius variant of Latin voluptārius devoted to pleasure from voluptās pleasure wel-1 in Indo-European roots

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

  • From a Late Latin variant of Latin voluptarius (“devoted to pleasure"), from voluptas (“pleasure").

    From Wiktionary

Voluptuary Sentence Examples

  • He has been generally described as a mere voluptuary, but Nubar Pasha spoke of him as a true Turkish gentleman of the old school.

  • Al-Amin, on the other hand, was a weak voluptuary led at will by those about him.

  • Taking advantage of the weakness of his ancient enemy in the days of the poor voluptuary Mahommed III., he began rapidly to recover the provinces which Persia had lost in preceding reigns, and continued to reap his advantages in succeeding campaigns under Ahmed I., until under Othman II.

  • But in such a book such a note could hardly be wanting unless the writer had been a fanatic, which he was not, or a mere voluptuary, which he was not, or a dullard, which he was least of all.

  • So far the system would seem to suit the inclinations of the most thorough-going voluptuary.

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