voluptuary

[ vuh-luhp-choo-er-ee ]

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noun,plural vo·lup·tu·ar·ies.

a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit and enjoyment of luxury and sensual pleasure.

adjective

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

Origin of voluptuary

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

It was also an occasion for voluptuary displays of tough-mindedness.
The Media's Pro-Torture Cheerleaders | Jedediah Purdy | December 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
But the loathsome death of this brutal voluptuary soon delivered the church from the most implacable of its foes.
The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry Withrow
He was a voluptuary in Art, and no one enjoyed real masterpieces with more refinement, passion, and sensuousness than he did.
Charles Baudelaire, His Life | Thophile Gautier
This was lost upon an audience insufficiently familiar with the works of that great voluptuary.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, May 16, 1917. | Various
Aristippus, the founder of the Cyreniac school, was a sort of philosophic voluptuary, teaching that pleasure is the end of life.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I | John Lord

What security had he, that in this change of place and condition, he should not degenerate into a tyrant and voluptuary?
Wieland; or The Transformation | Charles Brockden Brown

British Dictionary definitions for voluptuary

voluptuary

/ (vəˈlʌptjʊərɪ) /

nounplural -aries

a person devoted or addicted to luxury and sensual pleasures

adjective

of, relating to, characterized by, or furthering sensual gratification or luxury

Origin of voluptuary

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

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