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Definition of Sybaritic
1. Adjective. Displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses. "A chinchilla robe of sybaritic lavishness"
Similar to: Indulgent
Derivative terms: Luxuriousness, Sybarite, Voluptuary, Voluptuousness
Definition of Sybaritic
1. a. Of or pertaining to the Sybarites; resembling the Sybarites; luxurious; wanton; effeminate.
Definition of Sybaritic
1. Adjective. Of or relating to Sybaris or its inhabitants. ¹
2. Adjective. Of or having the qualities of a sybarite; self-indulgent or decadent ¹
3. Adjective. Having the character of or dedicated to excessive luxury ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sybaritic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sybaritic
Literary usage of Sybaritic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Le comte de Monte-Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet, Pier Angelo Fiorentino, Camille Fontaine (1909)
"He died in poverty in 1871, after squandering a princely fortune in sybaritic
luxury. On the Place Malesherbes, Paris, stands a statue, the work of Gustave ..."
2. Above the Snow Line: Mountaineering Sketches Between 1870 and 1880 by Clinton Thomas Dent (1885)
"... literary octopus—Sybaritic mountaineering—On mountain ' form '—Lessons to be
learned in the Alps—The growth and spread of the climbing craze—Variations ..."
3. Travels in Central America: Including Accounts of Some Regions Unexplored by Arthur Morelet (1871)
"... school and schoolmaster—Scanty fare—Sybaritic beds—Valley of Fatal—Santa
Rosa—Mountain roads—Salama—A fiesta—Sugar estate and refinery—A deserter—A ..."
4. Le comte de Monte-Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet, Pier Angelo Fiorentino, Camille Fontaine (1909)
"He died in poverty in 1871, after squandering a princely fortune in sybaritic
luxury. On the Place Malesherbes, Paris, stands a statue, the work of Gustave ..."
5. Above the Snow Line: Mountaineering Sketches Between 1870 and 1880 by Clinton Thomas Dent (1885)
"... literary octopus—Sybaritic mountaineering—On mountain ' form '—Lessons to be
learned in the Alps—The growth and spread of the climbing craze—Variations ..."
6. Travels in Central America: Including Accounts of Some Regions Unexplored by Arthur Morelet (1871)
"... school and schoolmaster—Scanty fare—Sybaritic beds—Valley of Fatal—Santa
Rosa—Mountain roads—Salama—A fiesta—Sugar estate and refinery—A deserter—A ..."
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