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Definition of Voluptuary

Voluptuary
Voluptuary Vo*lup"tu*a*ry (?; 135), n.; pl. Voluptuaries. [L. voluptuarius or voluptarius, fr. voluptas pleasure.] A voluptuous person; one who makes his physical enjoyment his chief care; one addicted to luxury, and the gratification of sensual appetites. A good-humored, but hard-hearted, voluptuary. --Sir W. Scott. Syn: Sensualist; epicure.
Voluptuary
Voluptuary Vo*lup"tu*a*ry, a. Voluptuous; luxurious.

Meaning of Voluptuary from wikipedia

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- "A VOLUPTUARY under the horrors of Digestion": 1792 caricature by James Gillray from George's time as Prince of Wales...
- that he was regarded as no ordinary profligate, but as an accomplished voluptuary. His reckless freedom of speech, being regarded as frankness, procured...
- of the family; A Connoisseur Examining a Cooper; the paired plates A Voluptuary under the Horrors of Digestion and Temperance enjoying a Frugal Meal,...
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- and Sudan until 13 July 1854. Abbas has been often described as a mere voluptuary, but Nubar Pasha spoke of him as a true gentleman of the "old school"...