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sybarite (s) (noun), sybarites (pl)
1. A person who is devoted to pleasures and luxuries: Sally was a sybarite who had inherited millions of dollars from her father which provided the funds for her to have a magnificent house and an extraordinary style of life and self-indulgence.
2. Etymology: borrowed from Latin Sybarita, which came from Greek Sybarites; from Sybaris.

Sybaris was a city of Magna Graecia, "Great Greece", that was located in southern Italy on the Gulf of Taranto. It was said to have been established in 720 B.C. by settlers from the Greek Peloponnesus, mainly from the city of Argolis, and developed into a very prosperous area. It was known for its luxurious hedonistic lifestyle for the sybarites until it was destroyed by neighboring Crotona in 510 B.C.

— Compiled primarily from
The Barnhart Dictionary of Etymology; Robert K. Barnhart, Editor;
The H.W. Wilson Company; Bronxville, New York; 1988; page 1103-1104.
Someone who is devoted to living a life of pleasure.
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