Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sybaritic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sybaritic \Syb`a*rit"ic\, Sybaritical \Syb`a*rit"ic*al\, a. [L.
Sybariticus, Gr. ?.]
Of or pertaining to the Sybarites; resembling the Sybarites;
luxurious; wanton; effeminate. ``Sybaritic dinners.'' --Bp.
Warburton. ``Sybaritical cloistres.'' --Bp. Hall.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sybaritic
adj : furnishing gratification of 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" [syn: {epicurean},
{luxurious}, {voluptuary}, {voluptuous}]
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