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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses;
- Example: "an epicurean banquet"
- Example: "enjoyed a luxurious suite with a crystal chandelier and thick oriental rugs"
- Example: "Lucullus spent the remainder of his days in voluptuous magnificence"
- Example: "a chinchilla robe of sybaritic lavishness"
[syn: epicurean, luxurious, luxuriant, sybaritic, voluptuary, voluptuous]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sybaritic adj 1: 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" [syn: epicurean, luxurious, luxuriant, sybaritic, voluptuary, voluptuous]