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Monday Word: Sybarite
sybarite [sib-uh-rahyt]
noun
1. a person devoted to luxury and pleasure.
examples
1. Higher volumes of sybarites are also tasking luxury operators with making crowd-free vacation dreams come true. Lindsay Cohn, Robb Report, 20 May 2025
2. What unites these contemporary sybarites with their stylish forebears is a powerful longing for freedom. Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 16 May 2025
3. His lifestyle is scandalous in a Spain that's suffering so much right now; he's a sybarite and a lover of antiques--his probably be able to get hold of the most valued pieces, paid for by other people's hunger. The Seamstress María Dueñas
origin
mid 16th century, originally denoting an inhabitant of Sybaris, an ancient Greek city in southern Italy, noted for luxury
A Pythagorean School Invaded by Sybarites, Michele Tedesco, 1877
noun
1. a person devoted to luxury and pleasure.
examples
1. Higher volumes of sybarites are also tasking luxury operators with making crowd-free vacation dreams come true. Lindsay Cohn, Robb Report, 20 May 2025
2. What unites these contemporary sybarites with their stylish forebears is a powerful longing for freedom. Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 16 May 2025
3. His lifestyle is scandalous in a Spain that's suffering so much right now; he's a sybarite and a lover of antiques--his probably be able to get hold of the most valued pieces, paid for by other people's hunger. The Seamstress María Dueñas
origin
mid 16th century, originally denoting an inhabitant of Sybaris, an ancient Greek city in southern Italy, noted for luxury
A Pythagorean School Invaded by Sybarites, Michele Tedesco, 1877
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