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voluptuary

vo·lup·tuary

UK/vəˈlʌptʃʊəɹi/ US/vəˈlʌptʃʊɹi/ uncommon
noun (1) adjective (1)

noun

1.

a person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses

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adjective

1.

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”
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Origin

From French voluptuaire, or directly from its etymon Late Latin voluptuārius, from Latin voluptārius (“pleasure-seeker; agreeable, delightful, pleasant; sensual”), from voluptās (“delight, pleasure, satisfaction”) + -ārius (suffix forming adjectives from nouns). Voluptās is derived from volup (“with pleasure; agreeably, pleasantly, satisfactorily”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose; to want”)) + -tās (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns indicating a state of being).

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