English Explanatory Dictionary

voluptuary

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One whose life is devoted to sensual appetites; a pleasure-seeker, a sensualist.
adj
  1. Of or relating to the seeking of sensual pleasure.

Pronunciation

/vəˈlʌptʃʊəɹi/ /vəˈlʌptʃʊɹi/ /vəˈlʌptʃɹi/ /-tjʊ-/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-voluptuary.wav /vəˈlʌpt͡ʃʊˌɛɹi/ /-ˈləp-/

Word forms

voluptuary voluptuaries more voluptuary most voluptuary

Etymology

From 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).

Synonyms

voluptuarian bon viveur epicure epicurean hedonist high-stepper lapling lotus-eater pleasure seeker pleasurist sensualist softling sybarite voluptuary sybaritic Babylonian decadent epicureal epicureous epicurish hedonic hedonistic intemperate lotus-eating luxurious naughty self-indulgent sensualistic sinful sybaritical

Related words

volupté voluptuosity voluptuous voluptuously voluptuousness volupty

Derived words

voluptuarian voluptuate
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