Sybarite
[sib-uh-rahyt]
- (usually lowercase) a person devoted to luxury and pleasure.
- an inhabitant of Sybaris.
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Origin of Sybarite
Synonyms
See more synonyms for on Thesaurus.com1. sensualist.
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Historical Examples
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
- (sometimes capital) a devotee of luxury and the sensual vices
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- luxurious; sensuous
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Word Origin
C16: from Latin Sybarīta, from Greek Subaritēs inhabitant of Sybaris
Sybarite
- a native or inhabitant of the ancient Greek colony of Sybaris
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Word Origin and History for sybarite
n.
"person devoted to pleasure," 1610s (implied in Sybaritical), literally "inhabitant of Sybaris," ancient Greek town in southern Italy, whose people were noted for their love of luxury. From Latin Sybarita, from Greek Sybarites.
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