VOLUPTUARY
\vəlˈʌptjuːəɹˌi], \vəlˈʌptjuːəɹˌi], \v_ə_l_ˈʌ_p_t_j_uː_ə_ɹ_ˌi]\
Definitions of VOLUPTUARY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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furnishing gratification of the senses; "an epicurean banquet"; "enjoyed a luxurious suite with a crystal chandelier and thick oriental rugs"; "Lucullus spent the remainder of his days in voluptuous magnificence"; "a chinchilla robe of sybaritic lavishness"
By Princeton University
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A voluptuous person or one excessively given to bodily enjoyments or luxury: a sensualist.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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