sybarite

SIB-uh-ritenoun

Meaning a person devoted to luxury and comfort

Memory hook SIBBY wants it all just RIGHT. Sibby the cat sleeps only on silk pillows and sips cream from a golden bowl; everything must be just right for this little sybarite.

A true sybarite, Victor would not sit on any chair without a velvet cushion.

In context Her roommate was a sybarite who filled the apartment with silk pillows, scented candles and imported chocolates, so the student’s plain cot looked bare beside it all.

Similar hedonist, pleasure-seeker, voluptuary

Opposite ascetic

From Sybaris, an ancient Greek city in southern Italy whose people were famous for their love of luxury.

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