sybaritic
5 synonyms for sybaritic, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Adj — Devoted to luxury, comfort and pleasure, often to excess.
Synonyms
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Rare, literary or technical
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Etymology
A learned borrowing made up of Latin Sybarīticus ("of or pertaining to Sybaris or its inhabitants") and English -ic (suffix meaning "of or pertaining to", forming adjectives from nouns). Sybarīticus itself derives from Ancient Greek Συβαρῑτικός (Subarītikós), from Σῠβᾰρῑ́της (Sŭbărī́tēs, "(noun) inhabitant of Sybaris;...
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