voluptuary
One whose life is devoted to sensual appetitesOne whose life is devoted to sensual appetites; a pleasure-seeker, a sensualist.
» Eva considers herself to be a true voluptuary.
Meaning
1 sensesOne whose life is devoted to sensual appetites; a pleasure-seeker, a sensualist.
сластолю́бецslastoljúbec
- a person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses
Examples
1 sentencesEva considers herself to be a true voluptuary.
Translations
1 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From French voluptuaire, or directly from its etymon Late Latin voluptuārius, from Latin vFrom French voluptuaire, or directly from its etymon Late Latin voluptuārius, from Latin voluptārius (“pleasure-seeker; agreeable, delightful, pleasant; sensual”), from voluptās (“delight, pleasure, satisfaction”) + -ārius (suffix forming adjectives from nouns). Voluptās is derived from volup (“with pleasure; agreeably, pleasantly, satisfactorily”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose; to want”)) + -tās (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns indicating a state of being).
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Forms
plural: voluptuaries| Singular | voluptuary |
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Synonyms
14 synonyms- a person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses:sybarite