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Definition of Voluptuary
1. Adjective. Displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses. "A chinchilla robe of sybaritic lavishness"
Similar to: Indulgent
Derivative terms: Luxuriousness, Sybarite, Voluptuousness
2. Noun. A person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses.
Definition of Voluptuary
1. n. A voluptuous person; one who makes his physical enjoyment his chief care; one addicted to luxury, and the gratification of sensual appetites.
2. a. Voluptuous; luxurious.
3. n. A voluptuous person; one who makes his physical enjoyment his chief care; one addicted to luxury, and the gratification of sensual appetites.
4. a. Voluptuous; luxurious.
Definition of Voluptuary
1. Noun. One whose life is devoted to sensual appetites; a sensualist, a pleasure-seeker. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Voluptuary
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Medical Definition of Voluptuary
1. Origin: 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) Synonym: Sensualist, epicure. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)