Associations to the word «Voluptuary»

Wiktionary

VOLUPTUARY, noun. One whose life is devoted to sensual appetites; a sensualist, a pleasure-seeker.

Dictionary definition

VOLUPTUARY, noun. A person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses.
VOLUPTUARY, adjective. Displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses; "an epicurean banquet"; "enjoyed a luxurious suite with a crystal chandelier and thick oriental rugs"; "Lucullus spent the remainder of his days in voluptuous magnificence"; "a chinchilla robe of sybaritic lavishness".

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.