voluptuary

[ vuh-luhp-choo-er-ee ]
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noun,plural vo·lup·tu·ar·ies.
  1. a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit and enjoyment of luxury and sensual pleasure.

adjective
  1. of, relating to, or characterized by preoccupation with luxury and sensual pleasure: voluptuary tastes.

Origin of voluptuary

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First recorded in 1595–1605; from French voluptuaire, from Late Latin voluptuārius, from Latin “pertaining to (sensual) pleasure,” equivalent to volupt(ās) “pleasure, delight” + -ārius adjective suffix; see -ary; for -u- see voluptuous

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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'Annunzio
  • And even as he gazed a strange spell fell over these voluptuaries; a spell which they were unable to withstand.

    "Unto Caesar" | Baroness Emmuska Orczy
  • In the sense appropriate to voluptuaries, he had never been in love at all.

    Mrs. Maxon Protests | Anthony Hope
  • The 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

voluptuary

/ (vəˈlʌptjʊərɪ) /


nounplural -aries
  1. a person devoted or addicted to luxury and sensual pleasures

adjective
  1. of, relating to, characterized by, or furthering sensual gratification or luxury

Origin of voluptuary

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C17: from Late Latin voluptuārius delightful, from Latin voluptās pleasure

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