voluptuary
English
Etymology
From a Late Latin variant of Latin voluptarius (“devoted to pleasure”), from voluptas (“pleasure”).
Pronunciation
Noun
voluptuary (plural voluptuaries)
- One whose life is devoted to sensual appetites; a sensualist, a pleasure-seeker.
- 1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 1131-2:
- ‘I told you so!’ he said to himself under his breath, and breathing deeply like a voluptuary he advanced towards his victim.
- 2005, Martin Torgoff, Can't Find My Way Home, Simon & Schuster 2005, p. 147:
- Dawn Reynolds was an eighteen-year-old alabaster beauty with cobalt eyes and the figure of a ripe voluptuary.
- 1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 1131-2:
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:sensualist