Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Devoted to or marked by pleasure and luxury.
  • adjective Of or relating to Sybaris or its people.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to Sybaris or its inhabitants; hence, luxurious; devoted to pleasure.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to the Sybarites; resembling the Sybarites; luxurious; wanton; effeminate.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of or having the qualities of a sybarite; self-indulgent or decadent
  • adjective Having the character of or dedicated to excessive luxury

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses

Etymologies

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Latin Sybariticus.

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Examples

  • This specific ballast waste pattern has traditionally been prescribed to patients w phentermine diet ballast in the vanguard you can say 'Jack Robinson' - combined with food and drill, Phentermine can alleviate the life-and-death haleness conditions affiliated to plumpness, such as sybaritic blood force and cholesterol. measure, it is superficially prescribed for concise periods of three to six weeks because of its tendency-forming nature.

    Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com 2009

  • This specific ballast waste pattern has traditionally been prescribed to patients w phentermine diet ballast in the vanguard you can say 'Jack Robinson' - combined with food and drill, Phentermine can alleviate the life-and-death haleness conditions affiliated to plumpness, such as sybaritic blood force and cholesterol. measure, it is superficially prescribed for concise periods of three to six weeks because of its tendency-forming nature.

    Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com 2009

  • Naturally, such bacchanalian and sybaritic efforts resulted in rock n' roll suicides -- so to speak -- indigenous to the region, such as the deaths of Jimi Hendrix and Steve Took of '70s glam duo T.

    Shana Ting Lipton: Rock, Riots, Rebellion and the Real Notting Hill Shana Ting Lipton 2011

  • Naturally, such bacchanalian and sybaritic efforts resulted in rock n' roll suicides -- so to speak -- indigenous to the region, such as the deaths of Jimi Hendrix and Steve Took of '70s glam duo T.

    Shana Ting Lipton: Rock, Riots, Rebellion and the Real Notting Hill Shana Ting Lipton 2011

  • Naturally, such bacchanalian and sybaritic efforts resulted in rock n' roll suicides -- so to speak -- indigenous to the region, such as the deaths of Jimi Hendrix and Steve Took of '70s glam duo T.

    Shana Ting Lipton: Rock, Riots, Rebellion and the Real Notting Hill Shana Ting Lipton 2011

  • Naturally, such bacchanalian and sybaritic efforts resulted in rock n' roll suicides -- so to speak -- indigenous to the region, such as the deaths of Jimi Hendrix and Steve Took of '70s glam duo T.

    Shana Ting Lipton: Rock, Riots, Rebellion and the Real Notting Hill Shana Ting Lipton 2011

  • Naturally, such bacchanalian and sybaritic efforts resulted in rock n' roll suicides -- so to speak -- indigenous to the region, such as the deaths of Jimi Hendrix and Steve Took of '70s glam duo T.

    Shana Ting Lipton: Rock, Riots, Rebellion and the Real Notting Hill Shana Ting Lipton 2011

  • Naturally, such bacchanalian and sybaritic efforts resulted in rock n' roll suicides -- so to speak -- indigenous to the region, such as the deaths of Jimi Hendrix and Steve Took of '70s glam duo T.

    Shana Ting Lipton: Rock, Riots, Rebellion and the Real Notting Hill Shana Ting Lipton 2011

  • The wild, wide open city of Miami, its pristine beaches and flaming, Hispanic-tinged beat seemed a perfect venue for my sybaritic lifestyle.

    May You Live in Interesting Times JP Reese 2011

  • Naturally, such bacchanalian and sybaritic efforts resulted in rock n' roll suicides -- so to speak -- indigenous to the region, such as the deaths of Jimi Hendrix and Steve Took of '70s glam duo T.

    Shana Ting Lipton: Rock, Riots, Rebellion and the Real Notting Hill Shana Ting Lipton 2011

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  • The story of Sybaris, an ancient and opulent city, is quite amusing. They taught their horses to dance when pipe music was played; and thus their cavalry was utterly useless when they were attacked by a band of musicians.

    December 20, 2009

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    February 25, 2011

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    February 25, 2011