voluptuary

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voluptuary - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Voluptuary \Vo*lup"tu*a*ry\ (?; 135), n.; pl. Voluptuaries.
     [L. voluptuarius or voluptarius, fr. voluptas pleasure.]
     A voluptuous person; one who makes his physical enjoyment his
     chief care; one addicted to luxury, and the gratification of
     sensual appetites.
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           A good-humored, but hard-hearted, voluptuary. --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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     Syn: Sensualist; epicure.
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  Voluptuary \Vo*lup"tu*a*ry\, a.
     Voluptuous; luxurious.
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voluptuary - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  voluptuary
      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]
      n 1: a person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses
           [syn: voluptuary, sybarite]