Sybaritic
Americanadjective
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(usually lowercase) pertaining to or characteristic of a sybarite; characterized by or loving luxury or sensuous pleasure.
to wallow in sybaritic splendor.
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of, relating to, or characteristic of Sybaris or its inhabitants.
adjective
Other Word Forms
- Sybaritically adverb
Etymology
Origin of Sybaritic
< Latin Sybarīticus < Greek Sybarītikós, equivalent to Sybarī́t ( ēs ) Sybarite + -ikos -ic
Example Sentences
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Fly the Sybaritic Skies While many airlines are slashing prices and skimping on service, Regent Air, a new carrier based in Los Angeles, intends to chart a different course.
From Time Magazine Archive
Life there was downright Sybaritic compared with his life on the outside.
From Time Magazine Archive
Absent were Honolulu's air of Sybaritic somnolence and Manila's mood of gaudy gaiety.
From Time Magazine Archive
So that you may see here the origin of the Sicilian and Sybaritic and Italian ways of giving feasts, and the Chian fashion also.
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
These Sybaritic banquets unfit a man for sterner work!
From My New Curate by Sheehan, Patrick Augustine
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