voluptuary : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: voluptuary	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for voluptuary
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
voluptuary adj 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 n a person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses Synonym(s): voluptuary, sybarite
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Voluptuary \Volup"tua*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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Voluptuary \Volup"tua*ry\, a. Voluptuous; luxurious.