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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
voluptuary \volup"tuary\ ?; 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
   sensual appetites.
   1913 webster

         a good-humored, but hard-hearted, voluptuary. --sir w.
                                                  scott.
   1913 webster

   syn: sensualist; epicure.
        1913 webster
see also:
voluptuaries 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
voluptuary \volup"tuary\, a.
   voluptuous; luxurious.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
voluptuary
     adj : furnishing gratification of 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 chinchilla robe of sybaritic lavishness" syn: epicurean,
            luxurious, sybaritic, voluptuous
     n : a person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses
         syn: sybarite
see also:
epicurean luxurious sybaritic voluptuous sybarite 

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