apolaustic

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀπολαυστικός (apolaustikós, “enjoyable”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌæpəˈlɔːstɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɔːstɪk

Adjective

apolaustic (comparative more apolaustic, superlative most apolaustic)

1. (formal) Dedicated to enjoyment.
   • 1967 C. P. Snow, Foreword to G. H. Hardy A Mathematician's Apology, Cambridge University Press:

     When Trinity put him up in college—within four years he became a Fellow—there was no ‘Alan St. Aubyn’ apolausticity for him at all.

Anagrams

• autopsical