Today's Word "voluptuary"
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voluptuary \vuh-LUHP-choo-er-ee\ (noun) - A person devoted to luxury and the gratification of sensual appetites; a sensualist.
(adjective) - Of, pertaining to, or characterized by preoccupation with luxury and sensual pleasure.
"Hartmann, a voluptuary, lowered a spoonful of brown sugar crystals into his coffee cup, then placed a square of bitter chocolate on his tongue..." Anita Brookner, 'Latecomers'
Voluptuary derives from Latin voluptarius, "devoted to pleasure," from voluptas, "pleasure."
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