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English Dictionary: voluptuaries by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
  
               A good-humored, but hard-hearted, voluptuary. --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      Syn: Sensualist; epicure.
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