Word of the day: sybarite
Word of the Day: Sybarite (noun)
Pronunciation: ['si-bê-rIt]
Definition: Someone who wallows in luxury; a voluptuary with no ambition beyond self-indulgence.
Usage: The noun for this lifestyle is "sybaritism" which implies an adjectival "sybaritic" and adverb, "sybaritically." Thackeray left us with this description of his dining in 1887, "It was a Sybaritic repast, in a magnificent apartment, and we were all of us young voluptuaries of fashion."
Suggested Usage: Perhaps the epitome of sybaritic pleasures emerges in Fellini's 'La Dolce Vita' or the activities in the Playboy mansion in Chicago-heavily financed hedonism. However, it is not limited to these two instances: "Only a few of the sybarites heading US corporations at the end of the last century have paid any penalty for financing their sybaritism with company funds."
Etymology: Sybaris was a city of Magna Graecia located in southern Italy on the Gulf of Taranto. It was founded in 720 B.C. by settlers from Greek Peloponnesus (Argolis) and grew to be very prosperous, acquiring a reputation for its luxurious life style. It was destroyed by its jealous neighbor, Crotona, in 510 B.C.
-Dr. Language, YourDictionary.com
Pronunciation: ['si-bê-rIt]
Definition: Someone who wallows in luxury; a voluptuary with no ambition beyond self-indulgence.
Usage: The noun for this lifestyle is "sybaritism" which implies an adjectival "sybaritic" and adverb, "sybaritically." Thackeray left us with this description of his dining in 1887, "It was a Sybaritic repast, in a magnificent apartment, and we were all of us young voluptuaries of fashion."
Suggested Usage: Perhaps the epitome of sybaritic pleasures emerges in Fellini's 'La Dolce Vita' or the activities in the Playboy mansion in Chicago-heavily financed hedonism. However, it is not limited to these two instances: "Only a few of the sybarites heading US corporations at the end of the last century have paid any penalty for financing their sybaritism with company funds."
Etymology: Sybaris was a city of Magna Graecia located in southern Italy on the Gulf of Taranto. It was founded in 720 B.C. by settlers from Greek Peloponnesus (Argolis) and grew to be very prosperous, acquiring a reputation for its luxurious life style. It was destroyed by its jealous neighbor, Crotona, in 510 B.C.
-Dr. Language, YourDictionary.com