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Meaning of "voluptuary" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD VOLUPTUARY

From Late Latin voluptuārius delightful, from Latin voluptās pleasure.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF VOLUPTUARY

voluptuary  [vəˈlʌptjʊərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VOLUPTUARY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Voluptuary can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES VOLUPTUARY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of voluptuary in the English dictionary

The definition of voluptuary in the dictionary is a person devoted or addicted to luxury and sensual pleasures. Other definition of voluptuary is of, relating to, characterized by, or furthering sensual gratification or luxury.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VOLUPTUARY


curie
ˈkjʊərɪ
Dioscuri
ˌdaɪɒsˈkjʊərɪ
electuary
ɪˈlɛktjʊərɪ
estuary
ˈɛstjʊərɪ
fury
ˈfjʊərɪ
January
ˈdʒænjʊərɪ
microcurie
ˈmaɪkrəʊˌkjʊərɪ
millicurie
ˈmɪlɪˌkjʊərɪ
Newry
ˈnjʊərɪ
obituary
əˈbɪtjʊərɪ
ossuary
ˈɒsjʊərɪ
residuary
rɪˈzɪdjʊərɪ
sanctuary
ˈsæŋktjʊərɪ
statuary
ˈstætjʊərɪ
sumptuary
ˈsʌmptjʊərɪ
textuary
ˈtɛkstjʊərɪ
tumultuary
tjuːˈmʌltjʊərɪ
Urey
ˈjʊərɪ
usufructuary
ˌjuːzjʊˈfrʌktjʊərɪ
Venturi
vɛnˈtjʊərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VOLUPTUARY

voluntative
volunteer
volunteer bureau
volunteer force
Volunteer State
volunteerism
Volunteers in Service to America
Volunteers of America
voluntourism
voluptuaries
voluptuosity
voluptuous
voluptuously
voluptuousness
Voluspa
volutation
volute
voluted
volutin
volution

WORDS THAT END LIKE VOLUPTUARY

abortuary
actuary
animal sanctuary
antiquary
bird sanctuary
February
fructuary
mortuary
noctuary
promptuary
quaestuary
reliquary
river estuary
wildlife sanctuary

Synonyms and antonyms of voluptuary in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «VOLUPTUARY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «voluptuary» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of voluptuary

Translation of «voluptuary» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VOLUPTUARY

Find out the translation of voluptuary to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of voluptuary from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «voluptuary» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

酒色之徒
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

voluptuary
570 millions of speakers

English

voluptuary
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

voluptuary
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الشهواني
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сластолюбец
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

voluptuary
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ইন্দ্রি়পরায়ণতাবৃদ্ধিকর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

voluptueux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bukit sukarela
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Lüstling
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

voluptuary
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

쾌락에 빠지는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Voluptuary
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thích khoái lạc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சிற்றின்பத்தில் ஈடுபடுபவர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चैनी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

seks düşkünü kimse
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

libertino
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

voluptuary
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сластолюбець
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

voluptuos
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

voluptuary
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wellustig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vällusting
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

voluptuary
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of voluptuary

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VOLUPTUARY»

The term «voluptuary» is normally little used and occupies the 128.501 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «VOLUPTUARY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «voluptuary» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «voluptuary» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about voluptuary

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VOLUPTUARY»

Discover the use of voluptuary in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to voluptuary and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Memoirs of a Voluptuary
Anonymous. The Memoirs of a Voluptuary Anonymous The Memoirs of a Voluptuary Anonymous PREFACE In penning these. Front Cover.
Anonymous
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The Voluptuary: Poems
Her assignations are with the stars, with color and the air. ("Silver and Deep") The richness she is sifting with her mind has everything to do with the amplitude of the earth and the generosity of her interior self. ("Among the Yet ...
Paulann Petersen, 2010
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Memoirs of a Voluptuary
'Memoirs of a voluptuary' is one of the books that will confirm foreign prejudice that British Public Schools are hotbeds of homosexual activity.
Anonymous, 1996
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On Desire : Why We Want What We Want: Why We Want What We Want
The emotions are like a decadent voluptuary whose body has been bloated and whose brain has been addled by years of dissolute living. He doesn't know much, but he knows what he wants—namely, to feel good and avoid feeling bad.
William B. Irvine Professor of Philosophy Wright State University, 2005
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English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order
Burke. SENSUALIST, VOLUPTUARY, EriCURE. The SENSUALIST lives for the indul- jence of his senses : the VOLUPTUARY from voluptas pleasure) is devoted to his Measures, and as far as these pleasures are he pleasures of sense, the ...
George Crabb, 1826
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Memoirs of a Voluptuary: Or The Secret Life of an English ...
"Memoirs of a Voluptuary" (also entitled "The Secret Life of an English Boarding School") is one of the books that will confirm foreign prejudice that British Public Schools are the hotbeds of homosexual activity.
Anonymous, 2001
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The Kreutzer Sonata:
Pure relations with women, from that time forward, I could nolonger have. Ihad become whatiscalled a voluptuary; and to bea voluptuary is a physical condition like the condition of a victim of the morphine habit,ofa drunk ard, and of a smoker.
Leo Tolstoy, 2013
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The Kreutzer Sonata & Other Stories - Tales by Tolstoy
I had become what is called a voluptuary; and to be a voluptuary is a physical condition like the condition of a victim of the morphine habit, of a drunkard, and of a smoker. “Just as the victim of the morphine habit, the drunkard, the smoker, is no ...
Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Leo Tolstoy, 2008
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The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories (Illustrated)
He isa voluptuary. Just as the drunkard and the victim of the morphine habit may be recognized bytheir face and manner, so wemay recognize a voluptuary. He mayrepress himself and struggle, but nevermorewill he enjoysimple, pure, and ...
Benjamin Ricketson Tucker, Leo Tolstoy, 2014
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Great Short Works of Leo Tolstoy
I had become what is called a voluptuary; and to be a voluptuary is a physical condition like the condition of a victim of the morphine habit, of a drunkard, and of a smoker. "Just as the victim of the morphine habit, the drunkard, the smoker, is no ...
Leo Tolstoy, 1967

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VOLUPTUARY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term voluptuary is used in the context of the following news items.
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'Youth': Cannes Review
Youth is a voluptuary's feast, a full-body immersion in the sensory pleasures of the cinema. A film about old artists by a much younger man, Paolo Sorrentino's ... «Hollywood Reporter, May 15»
2
Don't Mess With My Bacon, Egg and Cheese
The sandwich, being designed to satisfy practical needs rather than voluptuary desires, has to be ready fast. Its customers will not stand still for the ... «New York Times, Apr 15»
3
CSO and Muti hit the right notes, but miss the full emotion
But like many "decadent" artists in painting and poetry Scriabin was a voluptuary, translating some of the period's erotic Art Nouveau atmosphere into sound. «Chicago Tribune, Feb 15»
4
The stigma of shame in the 21st century has all the depth of a Twitter …
How best to describe the face of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, pictured on Wednesday on The Independent's front page, as the old voluptuary returned to his hotel ... «The Independent, Feb 15»
5
'The Passionate Thief,' From 1960, Has Been Restored
The voluptuary Roman god Bacchus probably started the party that continued at Nero's orgies and kept going in the feverish blowouts by Federico Fellini, ... «New York Times, Dec 14»
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THE HELD ESSAYS ON VISUAL ART Avant-Garde Folk Art
Art can manifest even in a suburban SoCal voluptuary. Approve of her or not, Ms. Kardashian has pulled off a kind of avant-garde folk art, built from the terms, ... «Brooklyn Rail, Oct 14»
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The Prince of Wales: a Prince Regent for our times?
George IV as Prince of Wales 1792 caricature by Gillray of A Voluptuary Under The Horrors. Expanding role: George IV as the Prince of Wales in a 1792 ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Oct 14»
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Willamette Thursday: 5 Things to Do and See in Portland on October 2
[ART] For sheer voluptuary sumptuousness in still-life painting, you can't beat Sherrie Wolf. With unimpeachable technique, she conjures Old World vignettes of ... «Willamette Week, Oct 14»
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Milliners are a step ahead for spring carnival
The hedonist, the voluptuary, puts pleasure above all things. She is devoted. On Tuesday night at Anna Pappas Gallery in Prahran we were introduced to The ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Sep 14»
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Mallika Sherawat's final chance in Hollywood riding on KC …
Producer-director KC Bokadia has decided to build on his leading lady Mallika Sherawat's voluptuary quotient in Dirty Politics by shooting an extra item song. «Daily News & Analysis, May 14»

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