Sybarite
[sib-uh-rahyt]
noun
(usually lowercase) a person devoted to luxury and pleasure.
an inhabitant of Sybaris.
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Origin of Sybarite
Synonyms for Sybarite
1. sensualist.
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Historical Examples of sybarite
That is nothing, and I am only mentioning it to you so that you should not think I am a sybarite.
Under Western EyesJoseph Conrad
A Sybarite in every taste, he has invented a little philosophy of his own.
The Daltons, Volume I (of II)Charles James Lever
The Athenian bowed, and the Sybarite returned to his philosophy.
An Egyptian Princess, CompleteGeorg Ebers
With all her devotion she was something of a sybarite and liked repose.
The Women of the French SalonsAmelia Gere Mason
A sybarite on an inadequate income, he was ever the man of action.
EgoistsJames Huneker
sybarite
noun
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Word Origin for sybarite
C16: from Latin Sybarīta, from Greek Subaritēs inhabitant of Sybaris
Sybarite
noun
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