Voluptuaries

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

  Voluptuary \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.
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           A good-humored, but hard-hearted, voluptuary. --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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     Syn: Sensualist; epicure.
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