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noun

sybarite

a person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses

In a sentence

Six example sentences with sybarite, each labelled with its topic.

  • The hotel was built for sybarites: a marble plunge pool in every suite and a butler who unpacks your case.

    Travel

  • The recipe was written for sybarites, with three days of preparation, saffron by the spoonful, and a sauce strained four times.

    Cooking

  • Wilde's novel opens among sybarites who measure a day by the quality of its cigarettes and the freshness of its orchids.

    Literature

  • The film's villain is a sybarite, first seen in a silk robe eating strawberries while three servants fan him with peacock feathers.

    Movies

  • The portrait shows the duke as a cheerful sybarite, surrounded by velvet cushions, ripe fruit and a small sleeping dog.

    Art

  • The tenor was a famous sybarite, touring with his own chef and refusing to sing in any hall without a heated dressing room.

    Music

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