Sybarite

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sybarite \Syb"a*rite\, n. [L. Sybarita, Gr. ?, fr. ?, a city in
     Italy, noted for the effeminacy and voluptuousness of its
     inhabitants; cf. F. Sybarite.]
     A person devoted to luxury and pleasure; a voluptuary.
     [1913 Webster] Sybaritic



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sybarite
       n : a person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses
           [syn: {voluptuary}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  19 Moby Thesaurus words for "sybarite":
     Cyrenaic, Heliogabalus, Sardanapalus, aesthete, bon vivant,
     carpet knight, epicure, epicurean, gastronome, gourmand, gourmet,
     hedonist, jet-setter, playboy, pleasure-seeker, sensualist,
     sensuist, swine, voluptuary