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Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. A native or inhabitant of Sybaris.
- n. A person devoted to pleasure and luxury; a voluptuary.
Etymologies
- Latin Sybarīta, native of Sybaris, from Greek Subarītēs, from Subaris, Sybaris (from the notorious luxury of its inhabitants).
Examples
“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.”
“As a travel writer and a sybarite, I have visited numerous spas around the world.”
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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.”
“Agatha turned off the motor and said, “Look at that wise old sybarite.””
“After an evening of excess and a day of regret, even the most committed sybarite can be tempted to take the following night off.”
“Beatty is, of course, George and Lester, the sybarite and the businessman, which is perhaps why he identified so closely with Howard Hughes.”
“He was not exactly a sybarite, but he liked to do things in style.”
“Worry not; if you are so, I join in lust as a sybarite.”
“The citys luxury was so legendary that even today, sybarite is still a synonym for hedonist.”
“Given the financial sector's recent precipitous fall from grace, is there any better symbol of our era than a reckless sybarite who's addicted to borrowed money?”
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briwref's list
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JimPeters 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. Apr 14, 2011
jeffazi voluptuary: a person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses.
Oct 31, 2007