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Sybarite

[ sib-uh-rahyt ]

noun

  1. (usually lowercase) a person devoted to luxury and pleasure.

    Synonyms: sensualist

  2. an inhabitant of Sybaris.


sybarite

/ ˈsɪbəˌraɪt; ˌsɪbəˈrɪtɪk /

noun

  1. sometimes capital a devotee of luxury and the sensual vices
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. luxurious; sensuous
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌsybaˈritically, adverb
  • ˈsybaritism, noun
  • sybaritic, adjective
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Other Words From

  • syb·a·rit·ism [sib, -, uh, -rahy-tiz-, uh, m], noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Sybarite1

1590–1600; < Latin Sybarīta < Greek Sybarī́tēs. See Sybaris, -ite 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Sybarite1

C16: from Latin Sybarīta, from Greek Subaritēs inhabitant of Sybaris
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Example Sentences

“Spa Sybarite” is a three-minute film by Joshua Ashish Dawson, a 32-year-old Angeleno who describes himself as a “world builder” and much of his work as “speculative climate futures.”

At “Spa Sybarite,” the voice-over goes on, guests are offered “an assortment of scientifically tested customized treatments to help your body condition itself to the environmental despair that faces our planet.”

As a dreamy soundtrack plays in the background, she arrives at “Spa Sybarite,” where futuristic stone treatment pods hover on stilts above a desert landscape.

The conceit for “Spa Sybarite” is both slightly absurd and eminently believable.

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