sybarite
IPA: sˈɪbɝaɪt
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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Examples of "sybarite" in Sentences
- Agatha turned off the motor and said, “Look at that wise old sybarite.”
- As a travel writer and a sybarite, I have visited numerous spas around the world.
- After an evening of excess and a day of regret, even the most committed sybarite can be tempted to take the following night off.
- 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.
- 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.
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