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

Other Word Forms

• sybaritically adverb
• sybaritism noun
• sybaritic adjective

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

It’s difficult to imagine a worse addition to this oil-and-water mix of high-minded nonconformist cranks and hard-toiling middle-class settlers than a capitalist sybarite.

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“Spa Sybarite” is a three-minute film by Joshua Ashish Dawson, a 32-year-old Angeleno who describes himself as a “world builder” and much of his work as “speculative climate futures.”

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At “Spa Sybarite,” the voice-over goes on, guests are offered “an assortment of scientifically tested customized treatments to help your body condition itself to the environmental despair that faces our planet.”

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As a dreamy soundtrack plays in the background, she arrives at “Spa Sybarite,” where futuristic stone treatment pods hover on stilts above a desert landscape.

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