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

Other Words From

• Syba·riti·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of Sybaritic¹

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

Example Sentences

He’s heir to Trump’s sybaritic nihilism, high-kitsch absurdity and impregnable brazenness.

From Seattle Times

Before long, however, a seriously frightened Westen rushes to consult a sybaritic, Magus-like acquaintance named Jaime Donaldus Byers, who — in my favorite chapters of the novel — relates the history of an occultist named Thibault de Castries, author of “Megapolisomancy.”

From Washington Post

He was a voice of his generation’s most cherished ideals and its most pungent caricature, the man who wrote the willowy folk classic “Guinnevere” and a sybaritic braggart whose excesses required two memoirs to fully digest.

From Los Angeles Times

Say this much for Damien Chazelle: He shows his audience exactly what he’s giving them within the first few minutes of “Babylon,” his bruised, black-eyed valentine to Hollywood’s sybaritic heyday.

From Washington Post

San Francisco has the natural harbor, but we have the beaches, those soft, wide, sybaritic beaches.

From Los Angeles Times