Sybaritic

[ sib-uh-rit-ik ]

/ ˌsɪb əˈrɪt ɪk /

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adjective

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

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

Sometimes Syb·a·rit·i·cal.

Origin of Sybaritic

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

OTHER WORDS FROM Sybaritic

Syb·a·rit·i·cal·ly, adverb

Example sentences from the Web for sybaritic

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

The Queen of the French Kitchen |Katie Baker |March 26, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Though born to the forest, and a good woodsman, he had sybaritic tastes, which needed only opportunity to bud and bloom.

The Free Rangers |Joseph A. Altsheler
He was not of those Sybaritic buyers who sit in their offices while agents and dealers do the work.

The Bibliotaph |Leon H. Vincent
What the President saw, we have seen—the almost boundless wealth of Merida and the sybaritic life led by the haciendados.

The American Egypt |Channing Arnold

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

The Syndic |C.M. Kornbluth
It was at this point that he definitely condemned Simeon Stylites as a sybaritic fraud.

The Man Upstairs |P. G. Wodehouse

British Dictionary definitions for sybaritic

Sybaritic

/ (ˌsɪbəˈrɪtɪk) /

adjective

of or relating to the ancient Greek colony of Sybaris or its inhabitants

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adjective

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Sybaritic

adjective

Origin of Sybaritic

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British Dictionary definitions for sybaritic

adjective