voluptuary
noun
a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit and enjoyment of luxury and sensual pleasure.
voluptuaries
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pluralof voluptuary.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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A renaissance of bathrooms and bathing seems to be in progress rivaling the innovations of the most inventive Roman voluptuaries.
From Time Magazine Archive
Most important, the winged folk held out the prospect of an airy, insubstantial and blissfully frivolous life beyond the reach of the wealthiest voluptuaries.
From Time Magazine Archive
Painter Ben Johnson, 60, brings off the neat trick of evoking an almost Rubens fleshiness while adhering to a strict hard-edge technique, and his voluptuaries thrive surprisingly well in their poster environment.
From Time Magazine Archive
These voluptuaries must have in their brains a special growth of the nature of sarcoma, which stifles the brain and directs their whole psychology.
From The Duel and Other Stories by Constance Garnett
The leaders they had had at Sedan rose before his memory, voluptuaries and imbeciles; one more, one less, what odds did it make!
From The Downfall by E. P. Robins
