Definitions for: Voluptuary


[n] a person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses
[adj] furnishing gratification of 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"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.


Vo*lup"tu*a*ry, a.
Voluptuous; luxurious.

Synonyms: epicurean, indulgent, luxurious, sybarite, sybaritic, voluptuous

See Also: sensualist

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