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voluptuary

N ผู้ มี กิเลส มาก  ผู้ มี ความต้องการ มาก  ผู้ ยึดติด กับ ความหรูหรา ฟุ่มเฟือย  phu-me-ki-led-mak

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

VOLUPTUARY

n.[L. volupturius, from voluptas, pleasure. ] A man addicted to luxury or the gratification of the appetite, and to other sensual pleasures.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

VOLUPTUARY

Vo *lup "tu *a *ry, n.; pl. Voluptuaries. Etym: [L. voluptuarius or voluptarius, fr. voluptas pleasure. ]

 

Defn: 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.

 

Defn: Voluptuous; luxurious.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

voluptuary

vo lup tu ar y |vəˈləpCHo͞oˌerē vəˈlʌptʃueri | noun ( pl. voluptuaries ) a person devoted to luxury and sensual pleasure. adjective concerned with luxury and sensual pleasure: a voluptuary decade when high living was in style. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin volupt (u )arius, from voluptas pleasure.

 

Oxford Dictionary

voluptuary

voluptuary |vəˈlʌptjʊəri | noun ( pl. voluptuaries ) a person devoted to luxury and sensual pleasure. adjective concerned with or characterized by luxury and sensual pleasure. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin volupt (u )arius, from voluptas pleasure .