voluptuary

== English == === Etymology === From French voluptuaire, or directly from its etymon Late Latin voluptuārius, from Latin voluptārius (“pleasure-seeker; agreeable, delightful, pleasant; sensual”), from voluptās (“delight, pleasure, satisfaction”) + -ārius (suffix forming adjectives from nouns). Voluptās is derived from volup (“with pleasure; agreeably, pleasantly, satisfactorily”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose; to want”)) + -tās (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns indicating a state of being). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /vəˈlʌptʃʊəɹi/, /vəˈlʌptʃʊɹi/, /vəˈlʌptʃɹi/, /-tjʊ-/ (General American) IPA(key): /vəˈlʌpt͡ʃʊˌɛɹi/, /-ˈləp-/ Hyphenation: vo‧lup‧tu‧a‧ry === Noun === voluptuary (plural voluptuaries) One whose life is devoted to sensual appetites; a pleasure-seeker, a sensualist. Synonyms: voluptuarian; see also Thesaurus:sensualist ==== Derived terms ==== voluptuarian voluptuate (rare) ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === voluptuary (comparative more voluptuary, superlative most voluptuary) Of or relating to the seeking of sensual pleasure. Synonyms: sybaritic, voluptuarian; see also Thesaurus:hedonistic ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “voluptuary”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.