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Sybaritic

[ sib-uh-rit-ik ]

adjective

  1. (usually lowercase) pertaining to or characteristic of a sybarite; characterized by or loving luxury or sensuous pleasure:

    to wallow in sybaritic splendor.

  2. of, relating to, or characteristic of Sybaris or its inhabitants.


Sybaritic

/ ˌsɪbəˈrɪtɪk /

adjective

  1. of or relating to the ancient Greek colony of Sybaris or its inhabitants
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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  • Syba·riti·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Sybaritic1

< Latin Sybarīticus < Greek Sybarītikós, equivalent to Sybarī́t ( ēs ) Sybarite + -ikos -ic
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Example Sentences

For so many of these sybaritic recipes are wholly impractical for the modern home chef.

He seemed to recall a state of lush, sybaritic softness, in pre-silicate times.

The traveller reposes with a feeling of Sybaritic delight under its thick and evergreen foliage, enriched with brilliant flowers.

He liked inaction, no matter how sybaritic as much as I. Then, "Okay," and he reached for the telephone.

Then he drew the curtains and threw himself down into Robert's chair, with a sigh of Sybaritic satisfaction.

Charles dropped her onto a sybaritic bed in a small but lavishly-appointed cabin.

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