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English Dictionary: sybaritic by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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"
    Synonym(s): epicurean, luxurious, luxuriant, sybaritic, voluptuary, voluptuous
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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. [bd]Sybaritic dinners.[b8]
      --Bp. Warburton. [bd]Sybaritical cloistres.[b8] --Bp. Hall.
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