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sybarites

sybarites is the plural of sybarite.

Meaning of sybarite

Noun

sybarite (plural sybarites)

  1. A person devoted to luxury and pleasure; a hedonist.
    • Although the proud lord clothed himself // In purple robes and gem-stones white, // Yet Nero grew to all men’s hate // A wild and cruel sybarite.1969, Victor Ernest Watts (translator), Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius (author), The Consolation of Philosophy, Penguin Books, book III, chapter iv, page 87
    Antonyms:
    hedonophobe

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Noun capitalized: Sybarites

Sybarites

  1. (plural) plural of Sybarite

Questions about sybarites

What is sybarites the plural of?
Sybarites is the plural of sybarite.
What part of speech is sybarites?
Sybarites is a noun.

Words near sybarites in the dictionary

  1. Syariah police
  2. Sybaris
  3. sybarism
  4. sybarisms
  5. sybarite
  6. sybarites
  7. sybaritic
  8. sybaritical
  9. sybaritically
  10. sybaritish
  11. sybaritism

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