sybaritic

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sybaritic - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sybaritic \Syb`a*rit"ic\, Sybaritical \Syb`a*rit"ic*al\, a. [L.
     Sybariticus, Gr. ?.]
     Of or pertaining to the Sybarites; resembling the Sybarites;
     luxurious; wanton; effeminate. "Sybaritic dinners." --Bp.
     Warburton. "Sybaritical cloistres." --Bp. Hall.
     [1913 Webster]

sybaritic - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  sybaritic
      adj 1: displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the
             senses; "an epicurean banquet"; "enjoyed a luxurious
             suite with a crystal chandelier and thick oriental rugs";
             "Lucullus spent the remainder of his days in voluptuous
             magnificence"; "a chinchilla robe of sybaritic
             lavishness" [syn: epicurean, luxurious, luxuriant,
             sybaritic, voluptuary, voluptuous]