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Webster 1913 Edition
Voluptuary
Vo-lup′tu-a-ry
(?; 135)
, Noun.
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.
A good-humored, but hard-hearted,
voluptuary
. Sir W. Scott.
Syn. – Sensualist; epicure.
Vo-lup′tu-a-ry
,Adj.
Voluptuous; luxurious.
Webster 1828 Edition
Voluptuary
VOLUP'TUARY
,Noun.
A man addicted to luxury or the gratification of the appetite, and to other sensual pleasures.
Definition 2024
voluptuary
voluptuary
English
Noun
voluptuary (plural voluptuaries)
- One whose life is devoted to sensual appetites; a sensualist, a pleasure-seeker.
- 1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 1131-2:
- ‘I told you so!’ he said to himself under his breath, and breathing deeply like a voluptuary he advanced towards his victim.
- 2005, Martin Torgoff, Can't Find My Way Home, Simon & Schuster 2005, p. 147:
- Dawn Reynolds was an eighteen-year-old alabaster beauty with cobalt eyes and the figure of a ripe voluptuary.
- 1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 1131-2:
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:sensualist
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Translations
one whose life is devoted to sensual appetites
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