voluptuary
a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit and enjoyment of luxury and sensual pleasure.
of, relating to, or characterized by preoccupation with luxury and sensual pleasure: voluptuary tastes.
Origin of voluptuary
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How to use voluptuary in a sentence
The Greeks, who were artists in words, were the most refined voluptuaries of antiquity.
The Child of Pleasure | Gabriele D'AnnunzioAnd even as he gazed a strange spell fell over these voluptuaries; a spell which they were unable to withstand.
"Unto Caesar" | Baroness Emmuska OrczyIn the sense appropriate to voluptuaries, he had never been in love at all.
Mrs. Maxon Protests | Anthony HopeThe greatly increasing numbers of the buccaneers at length aroused the colonial voluptuaries of Spain to a sense of their danger.
As to the voluptuaries, I can assure them that the playwright, whether he be myself or another, will always disappoint them.
Mrs. Warren's Profession | George Bernard Shaw
British Dictionary definitions for voluptuary
/ (vəˈlʌptjʊərɪ) /
a person devoted or addicted to luxury and sensual pleasures
of, relating to, characterized by, or furthering sensual gratification or luxury
Origin of voluptuary
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