adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˌsɪbəˈɹɪtɪk/
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General-American:/ˌsɪbəˈɹɪtɪk/
General-American:[-ɾɪk]
rhymes with -ɪtɪk
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adj
Meaning 1
Of or having the qualities of a sybarite (“a person devoted to luxury and pleasure”); dedicated to excessive comfort and enjoyment; decadent, hedonistic, self-indulgent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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adj
Meaning 3
Alternative letter-case form of sybaritic (“of or having the qualities of a sybarite (“a person devoted to luxury and pleasure”); dedicated to excessive comfort and enjoyment; decadent, hedonistic, self-indulgent”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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Meaning relationships
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adjective satellite
Meaning 4
displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
an epicurean banquet
enjoyed a luxurious suite with a crystal chandelier and thick oriental rugs
Lucullus spent the remainder of his days in voluptuous magnificence
Learned borrowing from Latin Sybarīticus (“of or pertaining to Sybaris or its inhabitants”) + English -ic (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’, forming adjectives from nouns). Sybarīticus is derived from Ancient Greek Συβαρῑτικός (Subarītikós), from Σῠβᾰρῑ́της (Sŭbărī́tēs, “(noun) inhabitant of Sybaris; (adjective) decadent; self-indulgent”) (from Σῠ́βᾰρῐς (Sŭ́bărĭs, “Sybaris”) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs, suffix forming demonyms)) + -κός (-kós, suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’, forming adjectives). The English word is analysable as Sybarite (“inhabitant of Sybaris”) + -ic. Sybaris, a city of Magna Graecia (the coastal parts of Sicily and southern Italy once colonized by Greek settlers), was known for its wealth and the excesses and hedonism of its inhabitants.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Catalan:
sibarític
— of or having the qualities of a sybarite — see also decadent, hedonistic, self-indulgent
French:
sybaritique
— of or having the qualities of a sybarite — see also decadent, hedonistic, self-indulgent
German:
sybaritisch
— of or having the qualities of a sybarite — see also decadent, hedonistic, self-indulgent
Greek:
αβροδίαιτος
(avrodíaitos)
— of or having the qualities of a sybarite — see also decadent, hedonistic, self-indulgent
Ancient Greek:
ἁβροδίαιτος
(habrodíaitos)
— of or having the qualities of a sybarite — see also decadent, hedonistic, self-indulgent
Italian:
sibaritico
— of or having the qualities of a sybarite — see also decadent, hedonistic, self-indulgent
Spanish:
sibarítico
— of or having the qualities of a sybarite — see also decadent, hedonistic, self-indulgent
Swedish:
sybaritisk
— of or having the qualities of a sybarite — see also decadent, hedonistic, self-indulgent
Welsh:
sybaritig
— of or having the qualities of a sybarite — see also decadent, hedonistic, self-indulgent
Welsh:
sybaritaidd
— of or having the qualities of a sybarite — see also decadent, hedonistic, self-indulgent
