Sybarite
11Sybarite — Around 720 B.C. a group of Greeks immigrated to Lucania, a region in southern Italy, and founded a city that they named Sybaris. Its inhabitants followed such a liberal policy of admitting people from all lands that the city flourished and was …
12sybarite — noun /ˈsɪbəˌraɪt/ a) A native or inhabitant of Sybaris. , Mr. Natural , Crumbs bearded guru is too unapologetic to be called a con man. Despite his renunciation of the material world, hes an unrepentant sybarite. Wikipedia, R.Crumb. b) A person… …
13sybarite — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. sensualist, voluptuary, hedonist. See pleasure. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. voluptuary, epicure, sensualist; see glutton . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) also Sybarite noun A person devoted to pleasure and… …
14Sybarite (musician) — Sybarite is the solo project of musician Xian Hawkins, who played with the Silver Apples for a number of years in the 90s. Abstract midtempo glitchy electronica, calling forth the complex constructions of Aphex Twin and older electronic artists… …
15Sybarite (fashion doll) — The Sybarite is a unique 16 inch resin artist doll created by London artists Desmond Lingard and Charles Fegen in 2005. Sybarite dolls are fully articulated mannequin like dolls and have appeared in several fashion trades (French Revue des Modes …
16sybarite — noun Date: circa 1555 1. [from the notorious luxury of the Sybarites] voluptuary, sensualist 2. capitalized a native or resident of the ancient city of Sybaris • sybaritic adjective • sybaritically adverb • sybaritism noun …
17Sybarite — sybaritism /sib euh ruy tiz euhm/, n. /sib euh ruyt /, n. 1. (usually l.c.) a person devoted to luxury and pleasure. 2. an inhabitant of Sybaris. [1590 1600; < L Sybarita < Gk Sybarítes. See SYBARIS, ITE1] Syn. 1. sensualist. * * * …
18sybarite — Synonyms and related words: Cyrenaic, Heliogabalus, Sardanapalus, aesthete, bon vivant, carpet knight, epicure, epicurean, gastronome, gourmand, gourmet, hedonist, jet setter, playboy, pleasure seeker, sensualist, sensuist, swine, voluptuary …
19sybarite — [16] Sybaris was an ancient Greek colony in southern Italy. It was a flourishing trading centre, and its inhabitants put their considerable wealth to the service of unrestrained self indulgence. Their luxurious and debauched ways became a byword… …
20Sybarite — syb·a·rite || sɪbÉ™raɪt n. resident of Sybaris (ancient Greek city in southern Italy); pleasure seeker, one who lives a life devoted to luxury and pleasure …
