Definitions
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- noun A person devoted to pleasure and luxury; a
voluptuary .
Etymologies
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Examples
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One of their cities on the coast of Italy was called Sybaris, and it has given us the word "sybarite," which means a person who abandons himself to luxury.
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Ertegun, a jet-setting sophisticate and sybarite who was hipper than his competitors, proved irresistible to rockers and their managers, and he landed the best and bestselling of the British bands including Cream, Led Zeppelin, and ultimately the Rolling Stones.
Fortune’s Fool Fred Goodman 2010
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Ertegun, a jet-setting sophisticate and sybarite who was hipper than his competitors, proved irresistible to rockers and their managers, and he landed the best and bestselling of the British bands including Cream, Led Zeppelin, and ultimately the Rolling Stones.
Fortune’s Fool Fred Goodman 2010
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After an evening of excess and a day of regret, even the most committed sybarite can be tempted to take the following night off.
A New Year's Day Bordello Bruce Bennett 2010
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Agatha turned off the motor and said, “Look at that wise old sybarite.”
EVENING’S EMPIRE BILL FLANAGAN 2010
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Ertegun, a jet-setting sophisticate and sybarite who was hipper than his competitors, proved irresistible to rockers and their managers, and he landed the best and bestselling of the British bands including Cream, Led Zeppelin, and ultimately the Rolling Stones.
Fortune’s Fool Fred Goodman 2010
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As a travel writer and a sybarite, I have visited numerous spas around the world.
Andrea R. Vaucher: Along For The Ride: Miyako Hybrid Hotel 2010
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Agatha turned off the motor and said, “Look at that wise old sybarite.”
EVENING’S EMPIRE BILL FLANAGAN 2010
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Agatha turned off the motor and said, “Look at that wise old sybarite.”
EVENING’S EMPIRE BILL FLANAGAN 2010
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Ertegun, a jet-setting sophisticate and sybarite who was hipper than his competitors, proved irresistible to rockers and their managers, and he landed the best and bestselling of the British bands including Cream, Led Zeppelin, and ultimately the Rolling Stones.
Fortune’s Fool Fred Goodman 2010
jeffazi commented on the word sybarite
voluptuary: a person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses.
October 31, 2007
JimPeters commented on the word sybarite
Thank you for tending to the problem of too many inappropriate proper name entries for "sybarite." I am so glad to find comments are taken seriously, and someone cares to correct problems.
I must add that in eliminating the capitalized examples, many good ones were also removed. In this case, the word is sometimes capitalized in its lexical usage, so some capped entries may be acceptable. If you google "rather a sybarite", you will see this. In addition, some of the capitalized examples were appropriate to the definition of the the word as "a native or inhabitant of Sybaris". Some examples of this would be desirable.
Unfortunately there is no substitute for reviewing entries.
April 14, 2011