Sybaritic

[ sib-uh-rit-ik ]
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adjective
  1. (usually lowercase) pertaining to or characteristic of a sybarite; characterized by or loving luxury or sensuous pleasure: to wallow in sybaritic splendor.

  2. of, relating to, or characteristic of Sybaris or its inhabitants.

Origin of Sybaritic

1
<Latin Sybarīticus<Greek Sybarītikós, equivalent to Sybarī́t(ēs) Sybarite + -ikos-ic
  • Sometimes Syb·a·rit·i·cal .

Other words from Sybaritic

  • Syb·a·rit·i·cal·ly, adverb

Words Nearby Sybaritic

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How to use Sybaritic in a sentence

  • For so many of these Sybaritic recipes are wholly impractical for the modern home chef.

  • He seemed to recall a state of lush, Sybaritic softness, in pre-silicate times.

  • The traveller reposes with a feeling of Sybaritic delight under its thick and evergreen foliage, enriched with brilliant flowers.

    The Desert World | Arthur Mangin
  • He liked inaction, no matter how Sybaritic as much as I. Then, "Okay," and he reached for the telephone.

    Cue for Quiet | Thomas L. Sherred
  • Then he drew the curtains and threw himself down into Robert's chair, with a sigh of Sybaritic satisfaction.

    Robert Elsmere | Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • Charles dropped her onto a Sybaritic bed in a small but lavishly-appointed cabin.

    The Syndic | C.M. Kornbluth

British Dictionary definitions for Sybaritic

Sybaritic

/ (ˌsɪbəˈrɪtɪk) /


adjective
  1. of or relating to the ancient Greek colony of Sybaris or its inhabitants

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