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sybarite
/ˈsɪbəˌɹaɪt/
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What does sybarite mean?
noun
- A person devoted to luxury and pleasure; a hedonist.
- A native or inhabitant of Sybaris.
adjective
- Synonym of sybaritic (“of or having the qualities of a sybarite; dedicated to excessive comfort and enjoyment; decadent, hedonistic, self-indulgent”).
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈsɪbəˌɹaɪt/
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“Why, she ‘s a stern moralist, and she would infer from my appearance that I had become a cynical sybarite.”
Not to speak it harshly or scornfully, it seemed Clifford’s nature to be a Sybarite.
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We are taught how a Sybarite of old was unable to rest, owing to the presence of a crumpled rose-leaf in his bed.
‘Have I detected you in another feast, you Sybarite!
Far from the crimes and the mysteries of the great city, the illustrious thief-taker was placidly living out the last Sybarite years of his life, smothered in roses!