voluptary
voluptary is the obsolete form of voluptuary.
Meaning of voluptuary
Noun
voluptuary (plural voluptuaries)
- One whose life is devoted to sensual appetites; a pleasure-seeker, a sensualist.
- But Mrs. Cole, in oppoſition to this, aſſured me that the gentlemen I ſhould be preſented to, were, by their rank and taſte of things, infinitely ſuperior to the being touch'd with any glare of dreſs, or ornaments, ſuch as ſilly women rather confound, and overlay, than ſet off their beauty with...1749, [John Cleland], “[Letter the Second]”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], volume II, London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC, page 16
- Synonyms:
- voluptuarian, bon viveur, epicure, epicurean, hedonist, high-stepper, lapling, lotus-eater, pleasure seeker, pleasurist
Forms of voluptary
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | voluptaries |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more voluptary |
| superlative | most voluptary |
Questions about voluptary
- What is voluptary the obsolete form of?
- Voluptary is the obsolete form of voluptuary.
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