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The meaning of VOLUPTUARY is a person whose chief interests are luxury and the gratification of sensual appetites.
Voluptuary definition: a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit and enjoyment of luxury and sensual pleasure.. See examples of VOLUPTUARY used in a sentence.
A voluptuary loves the good life — he is a person whose fondest wish might be to lie on a velvet sofa while being fed chocolate cupcakes. Another word for voluptuary is hedonist, someone whose favorite things are comfort and luxury, and whose highest priority is sensual pleasure.
voluptuary in British English. (vəˈlʌptjʊərɪ ) noun Word forms: plural -aries. 1. a person devoted or addicted to luxury and sensual pleasures. adjective. 2. of, relating to, characterized by, or furthering sensual gratification or luxury. Collins English Dictionary.
Voluptuary definition: A person whose life is given over to luxury and sensual pleasures; a sensualist.
n. pl. vo·lup·tu·ar·ies. A person whose life is given over to luxury and sensual pleasures; a sensualist: "an adventurous voluptuary, angling in all streams for variety of pleasures" (Thomas De Quincey).
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