sybarite

  • 21sybarite — bestiary …

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  • 22sybarite — [ sɪbərʌɪt] noun a person who is self indulgently fond of sensuous luxury. Derivatives sybaritic adjective sybaritically adverb sybaritism noun Origin C16 (orig. denoting an inhabitant of Sybaris, an ancient Greek city in southern Italy, noted… …

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  • 23sybarite — n. Voluptuary, epicure, man of pleasure, sensualist, votary of Epicurus …

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  • 24sybarite — n sensualist, voluptuary, pleasure seeker, hedonist, epicure, epicurean, Fr. bon vivant, Archaic. carpet knight, Sl. cake eater; gourmet, gourmand, gastronome, gastronomist; glutton, cormorant, hog, pig, swine, belly god; libertine, roue , rake,… …

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  • 25sybarite — syb·a·rite …

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  • 26sybarite — See: sybaritic …

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  • 27Sybarite — Syb•a•rite [[t]ˈsɪb əˌraɪt[/t]] n. 1) (usu. l.c.) a person devoted to luxury and pleasure 2) anh peo a native or resident of Sybaris • Etymology: 1590–1600; < L Sybarīta < Gk Sybaritēs. See Sybaris, ite I syb′a•rit•ism, n …

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  • 28sybarite — A person devoted to luxury and pleasure …

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  • 29sybarite — /ˈsɪbəraɪt / (say sibuhruyt) noun someone devoted to luxury and pleasure; an effeminate voluptuary. {Latin Sybarīta, from Greek Sybaritēs, from Sybaris, an ancient Greek city in S Italy, destroyed 510 BC, noted for its wealth and luxury}… …

  • 30sybarite —   n. inhabitant of Sybaris, S Italy; person excessively fond of luxury.    ♦ sybaritic, a …

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