Sybarite

[ sib-uh-rahyt ]

noun

1. (usually lowercase) a person devoted to luxury and pleasure.

   Synonyms: sensualist

2. an inhabitant of Sybaris.

sybarite

/ ˈsɪbəˌraɪt; ˌsɪbəˈrɪtɪk /

noun

1. sometimes capital a devotee of luxury and the sensual vices

adjective

1. luxurious; sensuous

Derived Forms

• ˌsybaˈritically, adverb
• ˈsybaritism, noun
• sybaritic, adjective

Other Words From

• syb·a·rit·ism [sib, -, uh, -rahy-tiz-, uh, m], noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Sybarite¹

1590–1600; < Latin Sybarīta < Greek Sybarī́tēs. See Sybaris, -ite ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of Sybarite¹

C16: from Latin Sybarīta, from Greek Subaritēs inhabitant of Sybaris

Example Sentences

He was not used to travelling on omnibuses, being something of a sybarite who spared nothing to ensure his own comfort.

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Secondly, you are a Sybarite, and you do not without very serious reasons place yourself outside the pale of civilisation.

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She was fed on the daintiest of fare, for Aggie was a sybarite in all sensuous pleasures that were apart from sex.

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We are told that one Sybarite, for instance, once ordered his slaves to prepare a couch for him of fresh rose leaves.

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"Hear reason, you immoderate Sybarite," began Rhodopis, endeavoring with a smile to excuse her proceeding.

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