voluptuary
21voluptuary — n. person excessively devoted to luxury. ♦ voluptuous, a. luxurious; given up to luxury; sensuous. ♦ volupty, n. sexual pleasure …
22voluptuary — n. & adj. n. (pl. ies) a person given up to luxury and sensual pleasure. adj. concerned with luxury and sensual pleasure. Etymology: L volupt(u)arius (as VOLUPTUOUS) …
23Voluptuaries — 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… …
24Coherence (The philosophy of) — Green, Bosanquet and the philosophy of coherence Gerald F.Gaus INTRODUCTION Along with F.H.Bradley (Bradley, F.H.), T.H.Green and Bernard Bosanquet were the chief figures in what is commonly called British idealism. Bradley is widely regarded as… …
25sybarite — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. sensualist, voluptuary, hedonist. See pleasure. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. voluptuary, epicure, sensualist; see glutton . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) also Sybarite noun A person devoted to pleasure and… …
26hedonist — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. sensualist, libertine, profligate, pleasure lover, thrill seeker, Sybarite, voluptuary, eudaemonist, epicurean, epicure, gourmand, roué, rake, debauchee, Sardanapalus, Lucullus; see also glutton , lecher . II (Roget s 3… …
27sybaritic — adjective 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… …
28Thaïs (opera) — Jules Massenet …
29sensualist — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. voluptuary; epicure; libertine. See intemperance, pleasure. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A person devoted to pleasure and luxury: epicure, epicurean, hedonist, sybarite, voluptuary. See PAIN …
30epicurean — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. hedonist, sensualist, sybarite; see glutton , hedonist . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I adjective 1. Characterized by or devoted to pleasure and luxury as a lifestyle: hedonic, hedonistic, sybaritic, voluptuary, voluptuous.… …
