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    VOLUPTUARY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the sensesplay

    Synonyms:

    sybarite; voluptuary

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("voluptuary" is a kind of...):

    sensualist (a person who enjoys sensuality)

    Derivation:

    voluptuary (displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses)

     II. (adjective) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the sensesplay

    Example:

    a chinchilla robe of sybaritic lavishness

    Synonyms:

    epicurean; luxuriant; luxurious; sybaritic; voluptuary; voluptuous

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    indulgent (characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone)

    Derivation:

    voluptuary (a person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses)

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