sybaritism
sybaritism noun: luxury, wantonness, voluptuousness, or hedonism.
Noun
sybaritism (countable and uncountable, plural sybaritisms)
- luxury, wantonness, voluptuousness, or hedonism
- The samurai and others who flocked from the provinces to the capital when all offices were thrown open to talent, took kindly to the sybaritism which had been one of the causes of ruin to those they were supplanting.1895, Jukichi Inouye, sSketches of Tokyo Life, Chapter 4
- What fiend ever suggested to my landlady the combination of crimson roses and purplish paper? How I hate my environments! Poverty and sybaritism go as ill together as roses and purple paper, but I have always been too much given up to the gratification of the eyes and of the senses.1899, Anne Reeve Aldrich, A Village Ophelia and Other Stories, An Evening With Callender
sybaritism meaning in Tamil
sybaritism in Tamil
- ஊதாரி வாழ்வுக் கொள்கை
Forms of sybaritism
| plural | sybaritisms |
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Origin of sybaritism
From sybarite + -ism.
Questions about sybaritism
- What does sybaritism mean?
- Sybaritism means luxury, wantonness, voluptuousness, or hedonism.
- What is sybaritism in Tamil?
- Sybaritism in Tamil is ஊதாரி வாழ்வுக் கொள்கை. See Sybaritism meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is sybaritism?
- Sybaritism is a noun.
- What is the plural of sybaritism?
- The plural of sybaritism is sybaritisms.
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