voluptuary

Meaning

Noun

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

Adj

Of or relating to the seeking of sensual pleasure.

Synonyms

sensualist

sybarite

voluptuous

luxurious

debauchee

epicurean

sybaritic

luxuriant

pleasure seeker

epicure

free-liver

profligate

sensual

dissolute person

enjoyer

bon vivant

Translations

Lüstling

φιλήδονος

ηδονιστής

wellusteling

voluptuós

ηδυπαθής

Wollüstling

sybarite

voluptueux

voluttuario

voluptuoso

sibarita

sensual

épicurien

πόρνος

Pronounced as (IPA)

/vəˈlʌptʃʊəɹi/

Etymology

From French voluptuaire, or directly from its etymon Late Latin voluptuārius, from Latin voluptārius (“pleasure-seeker; agreeable, delightful, pleasant; sensual”), from voluptās (“delight, pleasure, satisfaction”) + -ārius (suffix forming adjectives from nouns). Voluptās is derived from volup (“with pleasure; agreeably, pleasantly, satisfactorily”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose; to want”)) + -tās (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns indicating a state of being).