Word of the Day – Sybarite

Sybarite (noun)

sib-ur-ite

A person who is self-indulgent in their fondness for sensuous luxury.

A Sybarite was a native of Sybaris, an ancient Greek city in southern Italy. Sybarites were stereotyped as seekers of pleasure and luxury, and “sybarite” and “sybaritism” now connote such sensualism.

Example sentences

“A sybarite who enjoys power and indulgence he does not consider those who work to provide him his luxuries.”

“With his home the epitome of decadence he was a proud sybarite who luxuriated in his opulence.”