voluptuary Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses
    sybarite.
  2. adjective satellite displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses
    voluptuous; luxurious; sybaritic; epicurean; luxuriant.
    • 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

WordNet

Vo*lup"tu*a*ry noun
Etymology
L. voluptuarius or voluptarius, fr. voluptas pleasure.
Wordforms
plural Voluptuaries
Definitions
  1. 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.
    Syn. -- Sensualist; epicure.
Vo*lup"tu*a*ry adjective
Definitions
  1. Voluptuous; luxurious.

Webster 1913